Name: Vreelandella venusta (Baumann et al. 1972) de la Haba et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Alcaligenes venustus Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ve.nus’ta. L. fem. adj. venusta, lovely, beautiful

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … we-NUS-ta, feminine

Type strain: 86; ATCC 27125; CCUG 16063; CGMCC 1.2315; CIP 103201; DSM 4743; JCM 20634; LMG 3445; NBRC 102221; NCIMB 1979; NCMB 1979

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ306894 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: de la Haba RR, Arahal DR, Sanchez-Porro C, Chuvochina M, Wittouck S, Hugenholtz P, Ventosa A. A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1293707. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 216. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6229.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Halomonas venusta (Baumann et al. 1972) Dobson and Franzmann 1996

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alcaligenes venustus Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halomonas hydrothermalis Kaye et al. 2004	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Halomonas venusta (Baumann et al. 1972) Dobson and Franzmann 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Deleya venusta (Baumann et al. 1972) Baumann et al. 1983	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 40. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6482.
  • ❗ Vreelandella venusta is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Vreelandella.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Vreelandella de la Haba et al. 2024

Assigned by: de la Haba RR, Arahal DR, Sanchez-Porro C, Chuvochina M, Wittouck S, Hugenholtz P, Ventosa A. A long-awaited taxogenomic investigation of the family Halomonadaceae. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1293707. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 46535