Genus Thalassovita

Classification:

Bacteria Pseudomonadati Pseudomonadota Alphaproteobacteria Rhodobacterales Roseobacteraceae Thalassovita

Name: Thalassovita Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Tha.las.so.vi’ta. Gr. fem. n. thalassa, the sea; L. fem. n. vita, life; N.L. fem. n. Thalassovita, a life form from the sea

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Thalassovit-), t^ha-las-so-WI-ta

Type species: Thalassovita gelatinovora (Rüger and Höfle 1992 ex Ahrens 1968) Deshmukh and Oren 2023

Valid publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Thalassovita gen. nov. and Alloyangia gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Thalassobius and Yangia, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6025. 🇮🇱

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6158.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Silicibacter Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Falsiruegeria Liang et al. 2021	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999. Publication: Uchino Y, Hirata A, Yokota A, Sugiyama J. Reclassification of marine Agrobacterium species: Proposals of Stappia stellulata gen. nov., comb. nov., Stappia aggregata sp. nov., nom. rev., Ruegeria atlantica gen. nov., comb. nov., Ruegeria gelatinovora comb. nov., Ruegeria algicola comb. nov., and Ahrensia kieliense gen. nov., sp. nov., nom. rev. J Gen Appl Microbiol 1998; 44:201-210. 🇯🇵
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Thalassobvita".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Arahal et al. (2019), Park et al. (2014). 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: DSM: 7; KCTC: 6; CECT: 5; JCM: 5; LMG: 3; CIP: 2; NBRC: 2; CCUG: 2; IAM: 1; KACC: 1.
- 🧍 Thalassovita Deshmukh and Oren 2023 is illegitimate because it contravenes Rule 51b(1). The genus includes the type species of Litorimicrobium Jin et al. 2011 and Cognatishimia Wirth and Whitman 2018, Litorimicrobium taeanense Jin et al. 2011 and Cognatishimia maritima (Park et al. 2012) Wirth and Whitman 2018. Publication: Jin HM, Lee HJ, Kim JM, Park MS, Lee K, Jeon CO. Litorimicrobium taeanense gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a sandy beach. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1392-1396. 🇰🇷

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 13

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Thalassovita abyssi (Nogi et al. 2016) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita activa (Pujalte et al. 2018) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita aestuarii (Yi and Chun 2007) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita aquaeponti (Park et al. 2015) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita aquimarina (Kurilenko et al. 2021) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita autumnalis (Pujalte et al. 2018) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita gelatinovora (Rüger and Höfle 1992 ex Ahrens 1968) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita litoralis (Iwaki et al. 2013) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita litoraria (Park et al. 2016) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita mangrovi (Chen et al. 2021) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita maritima (Park et al. 2012) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita mediterranea (Arahal et al. 2005) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym
Thalassovita taeanensis (Jin et al. 2011) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021

Assigned by: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Thalassovita gen. nov. and Alloyangia gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Thalassobius and Yangia, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6025. 🇮🇱

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://doi.org/10.83108/rn.40262Link copied to clipboard

Record number: 40262

Previous versions:

Version	Date	JSON
1	2026-03-31

Rate our new design

Genus Thalassovita

Not found what you were looking for?

Get help

Contribute

Follow

Participate

Monitor

Rate our new design

Browse by rank

Genus Thalassovita

Not found what you were looking for?

Get help

Contribute

Follow

Participate

Monitor

Support LPSN