Name: Marinobacter aquaeolei Nguyen et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. neut. n. oleum, oil; N.L. gen. n. aquaeolei, of/from water of oil, isolated from an oil-field brine

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700491; CIP 106100; DSM 11845; VT8

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ000726 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huu NB, Denner EB, Ha DT, Wanner G, Stan-Lotter H. Marinobacter aquaeolei sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a Vietnamese oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:367-375.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:937-939.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Marinobacter nauticus (Baumann et al. 1972) Tindall 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Marinobacter nauticus (Baumann et al. 1972) Tindall 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus Gauthier et al. 1992	heterotypic synonym, validly published
    Pseudomonas nautica Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published

• Notes:
  • According to Marquez and Ventosa (2005), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus Gauthier et al. 1992. Publication: Marquez MC, Ventosa A. Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus Gauthier et al. 1992 and Marinobacter aquaeolei Nguyen et al. 1999 are heterotypic synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1349-1351.
  • According to Tindall (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Marinobacter nauticus (Baumann et al. 1972) Tindall 2020. Publication: Tindall BJ. Marinobacter nauticus (Baumann et al. 1972) comb. nov. arising from instances of synonymy and the incorrect interpretation of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Arch Microbiol 2020; 202:657-663.
  • According to Tindall (2020), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Pseudomonas nautica Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Tindall BJ. Marinobacter nauticus (Baumann et al. 1972) comb. nov. arising from instances of synonymy and the incorrect interpretation of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Arch Microbiol 2020; 202:657-663.
  • Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
  • In the "Contents List" of the April 1999 issue of the IJSB (p. iii), the listing of authors is: Nguyen B. H., E. B. M. Denner, Dang T. C. H., G. Wanner and H. Stan-Lotter. However, in the article (p. 367), the listing of authors is: Nguyen B. Huu, Ewald B. M. Denner, Dang T. C. Ha, Gerhard Wanner and Helga Stan-Lotter. According to A. Parte (Managing Editor, IJSB), the correct names are: NGUYEN (B.H.), DENNER (E.B.M.), DANG (T.C.H.), WANNER (G.) and STAN-LOTTER (H.). — Parte A. Personal communication, unspecified date.

Parent taxon: Marinobacter Gauthier et al. 1992

Assigned by: Huu NB, Denner EB, Ha DT, Wanner G, Stan-Lotter H. Marinobacter aquaeolei sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from a Vietnamese oil-producing well. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:367-375.

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