Species Veronia pacifica

Name: Veronia pacifica (Liu et al. 2016) Gomez-Gil et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Enterovibrio pacificus Liu et al. 2016

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.ca. L. fem. adj. pacifica, peaceful, referring to the Pacific Ocean from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: we-RO-ni-a pa-KI-fi-ka, feminine

Type strain: CAIM 1920; DSM 25033; KCTC 42425; MCCC 1K00500; SW014

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP216206 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gomez-Gil B, Gonzalez-Castillo A, Aguilar-Mendez MJ, Lopez-Cortes A, Gomez-Gutierrez J, Roque A, Lang E, Enciso-Ibarra J. Veronia nyctiphanis gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from the Stomach of the Euphausiid Nyctiphanes simplex (Hansen, 1911) in the Gulf of California, and Reclassification of Enterovibrio pacificus as Veronia pacifica comb. nov. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:3782-3790. 🇲🇽

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Enterovibrio pacificus Liu et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Veronia Gomez-Gil et al. 2022. Publication: Gomez-Gil B, Gonzalez-Castillo A, Aguilar-Mendez MJ, Lopez-Cortes A, Gomez-Gutierrez J, Roque A, Lang E, Enciso-Ibarra J. Veronia nyctiphanis gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from the Stomach of the Euphausiid Nyctiphanes simplex (Hansen, 1911) in the Gulf of California, and Reclassification of Enterovibrio pacificus as Veronia pacifica comb. nov. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:3782-3790. 🇲🇽
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Veronia Gomez-Gil et al. 2022

Assigned by: Gomez-Gil B, Gonzalez-Castillo A, Aguilar-Mendez MJ, Lopez-Cortes A, Gomez-Gutierrez J, Roque A, Lang E, Enciso-Ibarra J. Veronia nyctiphanis gen. nov., sp. nov., Isolated from the Stomach of the Euphausiid Nyctiphanes simplex (Hansen, 1911) in the Gulf of California, and Reclassification of Enterovibrio pacificus as Veronia pacifica comb. nov. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:3782-3790. 🇲🇽

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Record number: 26647