Halomonas utahensis Sorokin and Tindall 2006 Pseudomonas halophila Fendrich 1989 Dobson S.J. Franzmann P.D. Unification of the genera Deleya (Baumann et al. 1983), Halomonas (Vreeland et al. 1980), and Halovibrio (Fendrich 1988) and the species Paracoccus halodenitrificans (Robinson and Gibbons 1952) into a single genus, Halomonas, and placement of the genus Zymobacter in the family Halomonadaceae. 1996 46 2 550 558 International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology Int J Syst Bacteriol 0020-7713 10.1099/00207713-46-2-550 Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes The designated type strain of Pseudomonas halophila Fendrich 1989 is DSM 3051, the designated type strain of Halovibrio variabilis Fendrich 1989 is DSM 3050, the new name Halomonas utahensis (Fendrich 1989) Sorokin and Tindall 2006 is created for the species represented by DSM 3051 when treated as a member of the genus Halomonas, the combination Halomonas variabilis (Fendrich 1989) Dobson and Franzmann 1996 is rejected, and the combination Halovibrio denitrificans Sorokin et al. 2006 is validly published with an emendation of the description of the genus Halovibrio Fendrich 1989 emend. Sorokin et al. 2006. Opinion 93. 2014 64 10 3588 3589 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.069195-0 25288663 Sorokin D.Y. Tindall B.J. The status of the genus name Halovibrio Fendrich 1989 and the identity of the strains Pseudomonas halophila DSM 3050 and Halomonas variabilis DSM 3051. Request for an Opinion. 2006 56 2 487 489 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.63965-0 16449462 Arahal D.R. Ludwig W. Schleifer K.H. Ventosa A. Phylogeny of the family Halomonadaceae based on 23S and 165 rDNA sequence analyses 2002 52 1 241 249 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/00207713-52-1-241 11837309 The Judicial Commission designated the type strain of Pseudomonas halophila Fendrich 1989 as DSM 3051 (replacing DSM 3050) as DSM 3050 did not fit the properties published. The 16S rRNA features AJ306893 and M93357 were sequenced from DSM 3051. AB021383 is sequenced from DSM 3050 and therefore is invalid.