Name: Oceanobacillus Lu et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: O.ce.a.no.ba.cil’lus L. Gr. n. okeanos, ocean; N.L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Oceanobacillus, an ocean rod

Gender: masculine

Type species: Oceanobacillus iheyensis Lu et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lu J, Nogi Y, Takami H. Oceanobacillus iheyensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a deep-sea extremely halotolerant and alkaliphilic species isolated from a depth of 1050 m on the Iheya Ridge. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2001; 205:291-297.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Yumoto et al. 2005 Yumoto I, Hirota K, Nodasaka Y, Nakajima K. Oceanobacillus oncorhynchi sp. nov., a halotolerant obligate alkaliphile isolated from the skin of a rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss), and emended description of the genus Oceanobacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1521-1524. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2239-2241.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Lee et al. 2006 Lee JS, Lim JM, Lee KC, Lee JC, Park YH, Kim CJ. Virgibacillus koreensis sp. nov., a novel bacterium from a salt field, and transfer of Virgibacillus picturae to the genus Oceanobacillus as Oceanobacillus picturae comb. nov. with emended descriptions. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:251-257. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:679-680.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Hirota et al. 2013 Hirota K, Hanaoka Y, Nodasaka Y, Yumoto I. Oceanobacillus polygoni sp. nov., a facultatively alkaliphile isolated from indigo fermentation fluid. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3307-3312. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 2 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Oceanbacillus".

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 25
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 25
Total number of child taxa: 34

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Oceanobacillus aidingensis" Liu and Yang 2014	not validly published
    Oceanobacillus arenosus Kim et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus bengalensis Yongchang et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus caeni Nam et al. 2008	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus chironomi Raats and Halpern 2007	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus chungangensis Lee et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus damuensis Long et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    "Oceanobacillus endoradicis" Yang et al. 2016	not validly published
    "Oceanobacillus gochujangensis" Jang et al. 2014	not validly published
    "Oceanobacillus halophilum" Tang et al. 2014	not validly published
    Oceanobacillus halophilus Amoozegar et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    "Oceanobacillus halotolerans" Zhu et al. 2020	not validly published
    Oceanobacillus iheyensis Lu et al. 2002	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus indicireducens Hirota et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    "Oceanobacillus jeddahense" Khelaifia et al. 2016	not validly published
    Oceanobacillus kapialis Namwong et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus kimchii Whon et al. 2011	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus limi Amoozegar et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus locisalsi Lee et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus longus Amoozegar et al. 2016	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus luteolus Wu et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    "Oceanobacillus manasiensis" Wang et al. 2010	not validly published
    "Oceanobacillus massiliensis" Roux et al. 2013	not validly published
    Oceanobacillus neutriphilus Yang et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus oncorhynchi Yumoto et al. 2005	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus pacificus Yu et al. 2014	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus picturae (Heyrman et al. 2003) Lee et al. 2006	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus piezotolerans Yu et al. 2019	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus polygoni Hirota et al. 2013	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus profundus Kim et al. 2007	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus rekensis Long et al. 2015	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus soja (sic) Tominaga et al. 2009	misspelling	synonym
    Oceanobacillus sojae corrig. Tominaga et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Oceanobacillus zhaokaii Zhu et al. 2020	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yongchang O, Xiang W, Wang G. Oceanobacillus bengalensis sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from seawater of the Bay of Bengal. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1189-1196.

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