Pectinatus portalensis Gonzalez et al. 2005 Opinion 99. The request by Vereecke and Arahal to place the name Pectinatus portalensis on the list of rejected names is denied. Instead, it is ruled that in the absence of authentic type material, the name Pectinatus portalensis is not validly published. This is based on the wording of Rules 18a, 27(3) and 30(3b). Pectinatus portalensis Gonzalez et al. 2005 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021 Bacillota corrig. Gibbons and Murray 2021 Firmacutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021 Negativicutes Marchandin et al. 2010 Selenomonadales Marchandin et al. 2010 emend. Campbell et al. 2015 Selenomonadaceae Campbell et al. 2015 Pectinatus Lee et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Caldwell et al. 2013 Pectinatus portalensis Gonzalez et al. 2005 Pectinatus Lee et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Caldwell et al. 2013 Pectinatus brassicae Zhang et al. 2012 Pectinatus cerevisiiphilus Lee et al. 1978 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Schleifer et al. 1990 Pectinatus sottacetonis Caldwell et al. 2013 Pectinatus haikarae Juvonen and Suihko 2006 Pectinatus frisingensis Schleifer et al. 1990 Pectinatus portalensis Gonzalez et al. 2005 Euzéby J. Validation List No. 102. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM 2005 55 2 547 549 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.63680-0 15774623 Gonzalez J.M. Jurado V. Laiz L. Zimmermann J. Hermosin B. Saiz-Jimenez C. Pectinatus portalensis nov. sp., a relatively fast-growing, coccoidal, novel Pectinatus species isolated from a wastewater treatment plant 2004 86 241 247 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 0003-6072 1572-9699 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000047931.55259.33 15539928 Gonzalez J.M. Jurado V. Laiz L. Zimmermann J. Hermosin B. Saiz-Jimenez C. Pectinatus portalensis nov. sp., a relatively fast-growing, coccoidal, novel Pectinatus species isolated from a wastewater treatment plant 2004 86 241 247 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 0003-6072 1572-9699 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000047931.55259.33 15539928 Arahal D.R. Opinions 97, 98 and 99. (Opinion 99) 2020 70 2 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 Vereecke C. Arahal D.R. The status of the species Pectinatus portalensis Gonzalez et al. 2005. Request for an Opinion. 2008 58 6 1507 1507 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.65854-0 18523204 Euzéby J. Validation List No. 102. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSEM 2005 55 2 547 549 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.63680-0 15774623 Gonzalez J.M. Jurado V. Laiz L. Zimmermann J. Hermosin B. Saiz-Jimenez C. Pectinatus portalensis nov. sp., a relatively fast-growing, coccoidal, novel Pectinatus species isolated from a wastewater treatment plant 2004 86 241 247 Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 0003-6072 1572-9699 10.1023/B:ANTO.0000047931.55259.33 15539928 Vereecke and Arahal 2008 requested that Pectinatus portalensis be placed on the list of rejected names. This request was denied by the Judicial Commission in Opinion 99. Instead, it was ruled that in the absence of authentic type material, the name Pectinatus portalensis is not validly published.