Genus Oceanibacterium
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Oceanibacterium Balcázar et al. 2013, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oceanibacterium hippocampi Balcázar et al. 2013.
Etymology: L. n. oceanus, the ocean; L. neut. n. bacterium, a rod; N.L. neut. n. Oceanibacterium, rod shaped bacterium from the ocean (sea water).
Valid publication: Validation List no. 150. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 797-798.
Effective publication: BALCÁZAR (J.L.), PLANAS (M.) and PINTADO (J.): Oceanibacterium hippocampi gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from cutaneous mucus of wild seahorses (Hippocampus guttulatus). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2012, 102, 187-191.
Validation List no. 150 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Oceanibacterium hippocampi Balcázar et al. 2013, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BFLP-8 = CECT 7691 = DSM 23444.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN687912.
Etymology: L. gen. n. hippocampi, of the seahorse, isolated from Hippocampus guttulatus.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 150. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2013, 63, 797-798.
Effective publication: BALCÁZAR (J.L.), PLANAS (M.) and PINTADO (J.): Oceanibacterium hippocampi gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from cutaneous mucus of wild seahorses (Hippocampus guttulatus). Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 2012, 102, 187-191.
Validation List no. 150 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online