Genus Oleiphilus

Name: Oleiphilus Golyshin et al. 2002

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: O.le.i’phi.lus. L. neut. n. oleum, oil; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. n. Oleiphilus, oil-loving organism

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Oleiphil-), o-le-I-p^hi-lus

Type species: Oleiphilus messinensis Golyshin et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Golyshin PN, Chernikova TN, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM. Oleiphilaceae fam. nov., to include Oleiphilus messinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:901-911. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Oleiphilaceae Golyshin et al. 2002. Publication: Golyshin PN, Chernikova TN, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM. Oleiphilaceae fam. nov., to include Oleiphilus messinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:901-911. 🇩🇪
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Marinobacteraceae Liao et al. 2021. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: LMG: 1; DSM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Oleiphilus messinensis Golyshin et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Oleiphilaceae Golyshin et al. 2002

Assigned by: Golyshin PN, Chernikova TN, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM. Oleiphilaceae fam. nov., to include Oleiphilus messinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:901-911. 🇩🇪

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