Name: Oceanitalea Fu et al. 2012

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: O.ce.a.ni.ta’le.a. L. masc. n. oceanus, ocean, great sea; L. fem. n. talea, a rod; N.L. fem. n. Oceanitalea, a rod isolated from the ocean, pertaining to the South China Sea, from where the type strain of the type species was isolated

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Oceanitale-), o-ke-a-ni-TA-le-a

Type species: Oceanitalea nanhaiensis Fu et al. 2012

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

Valid publication: Fu Y, Li Q, Liu K, Xu Y, Wang Y, Jiao N. Oceanitalea nanhaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2490-2494.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Georgenia Altenburger et al. 2002

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Georgenia Altenburger et al. 2002	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Fu et al. (2012) assigned this genus to the family Bogoriellaceae Schumann and Stackebrandt 2000. Publication: Fu Y, Li Q, Liu K, Xu Y, Wang Y, Jiao N. Oceanitalea nanhaiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an actinobacterium isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2490-2494.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Georgenia Altenburger et al. 2002. Publication: Srinivas A, Rahul K, Sasikala Ch, Subhash Y, Ramaprasad EV, Ramana ChV. Georgenia satyanarayanai sp. nov., an alkaliphilic and thermotolerant amylase-producing actinobacterium isolated from a soda lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2405-2409.
  • ❗ Oceanitalea is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NCTC: 2; DSM: 2; JCM: 1; CGMCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Oceanitalea nanhaiensis Fu et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Oceanitalea stevensii Pallen 2024	validly published under the ICNP	orphaned species
    "Oceanitalea stevensii" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Allobogoriellaceae Deshmukh and Oren 2025

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