Genus Oceanisphaera
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 9
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Oceanisphaera Romanenko et al. 2003, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Oceanisphaera litoralis Romanenko et al. 2003.
Etymology: L. masc. n. oceanus, ocean; L. fem. n. sphaera, ball, globe, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Oceanisphaera, oceanic sphere.
Valid publication: ROMANENKO (L.A.), SCHUMANN (P.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), ROHDE (M.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Oceanisphaera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium from marine bottom sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1885-1888.
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→ Oceanisphaera Romanenko et al. 2003 emend. Choi et al. 2011.
Reference: CHOI (W.C.), KANG (S.J.), JUNG (Y.T.), OH (T.K.) and YOON (J.H.): Oceanisphaera ostreae sp. nov., isolated from seawater of an oyster farm, and emended description of the genus Oceanisphaera Romanenko et al. 2003. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2880-2884.
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→ Oceanisphaera Romanenko et al. 2003 emend. Srinivas et al. 2012.
Reference: SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), REDDY (P.V.V.), BEGUM (Z.), MANASA (P.) and SHIVAJI (S.): Oceanisphaera arctica sp. nov., isolated from Arctic marine sediment, and emended description of the genus Oceanisphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1926-1931.
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→ Oceanisphaera Romanenko et al. 2003 emend. Srinivas et al. 2012 emend. Xu et al. 2014.
Reference: XU, Z., ZHANG, X.-Y., SU, H.-N., YU, Z.-C., LIU, C., LI, H., CHEN, X.-L., SONG, X.-Y., XIE, B.-B., QIN, Q.-L., ZHOU, B.-C., SHI, M., HUANG, Y. and ZHANG, Y.-Z. 2014. Oceanisphaera profunda sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the genus Oceanisphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1252-1256.
Original article.
Oceanisphaera arctica Srinivas et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) V1-41 = CCUG 58690 = KCTC 23013 = NBRC 106171.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN377705.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. arctica, northern, from the Arctic, referring to the place where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: SRINIVAS (T.N.R.), REDDY (P.V.V.), BEGUM (Z.), MANASA (P.) and SHIVAJI (S.): Oceanisphaera arctica sp. nov., isolated from Arctic marine sediment, and emended description of the genus Oceanisphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1926-1931.
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Oceanisphaera avium Sung et al. 2018, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AMac2203=KCTC 62118=JCM 32207.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP021376.
Etymology: L. gen. pl. n. avium, of birds.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: SUNG, H., KIM, H. S., LEE, J. Y., KANG, W., KIM, P. S., HYUN, D. W., TAK, E. J., JUNG, M. J., YUN, J. H., KIM, M. S., SHIN, N. R., WHON, T. W., RHO, J. R., PARK, S. D., SHIM, H. E. and BAE, J. W. 2018. Oceanisphaera avium sp. nov., isolated from the gut of the cinereous vulture, Aegypius monachus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2068-2073.
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Oceanisphaera donghaensis Park et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BL1 = DSM 17589 = KCTC 12522.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ190441.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. donghaensis, pertaining to Donghae, from Donghae, the Korean name for the East Sea in Korea from which the strains were isolated.
Valid publication: PARK (S.J.), KANG (C.H.), NAM (Y.D.), BAE (J.W.), PARK (Y.H.), QUAN (Z.X.), MOON (D.S.), KIM (H.J.), ROH (D.H.) and RHEE (S.K.): Oceanisphaera donghaensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium from the East Sea, Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 895-898.
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Oceanisphaera litoralis Romanenko et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 15406 = KMM 3654.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ550470.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the seashore.
Valid publication: ROMANENKO (L.A.), SCHUMANN (P.), ZHUKOVA (N.V.), ROHDE (M.), MIKHAILOV (V.V.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Oceanisphaera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium from marine bottom sediments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1885-1888.
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Oceanisphaera marina Liu et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YM319=KACC 18564=CGMCC 1.15923.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX675452.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of the sea, marine.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: LIU, J., SUN, Y. W., ZHANG, D. D., LI, S. N. and ZHANG, D. C. 2017. Oceanisphaera marina sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea seamount. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 1996-2000.
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Oceanisphaera ostreae Choi et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) T-w6 = CCUG 60525 = KCTC 23422.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ340607.
Etymology: L. gen. n. ostreae, of/from an oyster.
Valid publication: CHOI (W.C.), KANG (S.J.), JUNG (Y.T.), OH (T.K.) and YOON (J.H.): Oceanisphaera ostreae sp. nov., isolated from seawater of an oyster farm, and emended description of the genus Oceanisphaera Romanenko et al. 2003. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 2880-2884.
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Oceanisphaera profunda Xu et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SM1222=CCTCC AB 2013241=KCTC 32510.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF591598.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. profunda from the deep.
Source: Environmental - marine (18° 0′ N 113° 0′ E).
Valid publication: XU, Z., ZHANG, X.-Y., SU, H.-N., YU, Z.-C., LIU, C., LI, H., CHEN, X.-L., SONG, X.-Y., XIE, B.-B., QIN, Q.-L., ZHOU, B.-C., SHI, M., HUANG, Y. and ZHANG, Y.-Z. 2014. Oceanisphaera profunda sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the genus Oceanisphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 1252-1256.
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Oceanisphaera psychrotolerans Zhou et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) LAM-WHM-ZC=ACCC 06516=JCM 30466.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF418814.
Etymology: Gr. adj. psychros, cold; L. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. psychrotolerans, tolerating cold temperature.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHOU, S., WANG, H., WANG, Y., MA, K., HE, M., CHEN, X., KONG, D., GUO, X., RUAN, Z. and ZHAO, B. 2015. Oceanisphaera psychrotolerans sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment samples. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2797-2802.
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Oceanisphaera sediminis Shin et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TW92 = JCM 17329 = KACC 15117.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ171441.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sediminis, of a sediment.
Valid publication: SHIN (N.R.), WHON (T.W.), ROH (S.W.), KIM (M.S.), KIM (Y.O.) and BAE (J.W.): Oceanisphaera sediminis sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1552-1557.
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