Name: Oceanisphaera Romanenko et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: O.ce.a.ni.sphae’ra. L. masc. n. oceanus, ocean; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, ball, globe, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Oceanisphaera, oceanic sphere

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Oceanisphaer-), o-ke-a-ni-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Oceanisphaera litoralis Romanenko et al. 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Romanenko LA, Schumann P, Zhukova NV, Rohde M, Mikhailov VV, 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. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Choi et al. 2011 Choi WC, Kang SJ, Jung YT, Oh TK, Yoon JH. 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. 🇰🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:476-477.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Srinivas et al. 2012 Srinivas TN, Reddy PV, Begum Z, Manasa P, 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. 🇮🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2555-2556.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Xu et al. 2014 Xu Z, Zhang XY, Su HN, Yu ZC, Liu C, Li H, Chen XL, Song XY, Xie BB, Qin QL, et al. Oceanisphaera profunda sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the genus Oceanisphaera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1252-1256. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2188-2190.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Ocanisphaera"; "Oceanishaera"; "Oceanishaerra".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sung et al. (2018). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 8; JCM: 4; CCUG: 3; DSM: 3; KACC: 2; NBRC: 2; KMM: 2; CCTCC: 1; CGMCC: 1; MCCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 11
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 14

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Oceanisphaera aquimarina" Cho and Lee 2016	not validly published	preferred name
    Oceanisphaera arctica Srinivas et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Oceanisphaera arctica" Srinivas et al. 2011	not validly published	synonym
    Oceanisphaera avium Sung et al. 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanisphaera donghaensis Park et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanisphaera litoralis Romanenko et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanisphaera marina Liu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Candidatus Oceanisphaera merdipullorum" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	pro-correct name
    Oceanisphaera ostreae Choi et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanisphaera pacifica Xue et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanisphaera profunda Xu et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanisphaera psychrotolerans Zhou et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanisphaera sediminis Shin et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Oceanisphaera submarina Romanenko et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Aeromonadaceae Colwell et al. 1986

Assigned by: Srinivas TN, Reddy PV, Begum Z, Manasa P, 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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