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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Ensifer oleiphilus

Name: Ensifer oleiphilus Ershov et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.le.i’phi.lus. L. neut. n. oleum, oil; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. oleiphilus, loving oil, referring to the ability of type strain to utilize hydrocarbons of crude oil

Pronunciation, gender: o-le-I-phi-lus, masculine

Type strain: HO-A22; KCTC 92427; VKM B-3646

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT495799 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ershov AP, Babich TL, Grouzdev DS, Sokolova DS, Semenova EM, Avtukh AN, Poltaraus AB, Ianutsevich EA, Nazina TN. Genome Analysis and Potential Ecological Functions of Members of the Genus Ensifer from Subsurface Environments and Description of Ensifer oleiphilus sp. nov. Microorganisms 2023; 11:0.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 218. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6398.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Ensifer Casida 1982

Assigned by: Ershov AP, Babich TL, Grouzdev DS, Sokolova DS, Semenova EM, Avtukh AN, Poltaraus AB, Ianutsevich EA, Nazina TN. Genome Analysis and Potential Ecological Functions of Members of the Genus Ensifer from Subsurface Environments and Description of Ensifer oleiphilus sp. nov. Microorganisms 2023; 11:0.

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Record number: 51439
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