Name: Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus Gauthier et al. 1992

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hy.dro.car.bo.no.clas’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. hydrocarbonum, hydrocarbon; N.L. adj. clasticus -a -um, breaking; from Gr. adj. klastos -ê -on, broken in pieces; N.L. masc. adj. hydrocarbonoclasticus, hydrocarbonoclastic, breaking hydrocarbon

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49840; CIP 103578; DSM 8798; SP. 17

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16S rRNA gene: X67022 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gauthier MJ, Lafay B, Christen R, Fernandez L, Acquaviva M, Bonin P, Bertrand JC. Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, extremely halotolerant, hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:568-576.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 42, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:189.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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 under the ICNP
    Marinobacter aquaeolei Nguyen et al. 1999	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Pseudomonas nautica Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Marinobacter Gauthier et al. 1992. Publication: Gauthier MJ, Lafay B, Christen R, Fernandez L, Acquaviva M, Bonin P, Bertrand JC. Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, extremely halotolerant, hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:568-576.
  • 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.
  • According to Marquez and Ventosa (2005), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Marinobacter aquaeolei Nguyen et al. 1999. 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 Sproeer et al. (1998), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Marinobacter nauticus (Baumann et al. 1972) Tindall 2020 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Sproeer C, Lang E, Hobeck P, Burghardt J, Stackebrandt E, Tindall BJ. Transfer of Pseudomonas nautica to Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1445-1448.
  • According to Sproeer et al. (1998), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pseudomonas nautica Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980) but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Sproeer C, Lang E, Hobeck P, Burghardt J, Stackebrandt E, Tindall BJ. Transfer of Pseudomonas nautica to Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:1445-1448.
  • 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.
  • Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Marinobacter.

Parent taxon: Marinobacter Gauthier et al. 1992

Assigned by: Gauthier MJ, Lafay B, Christen R, Fernandez L, Acquaviva M, Bonin P, Bertrand JC. Marinobacter hydrocarbonoclasticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new, extremely halotolerant, hydrocarbon-degrading marine bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1992; 42:568-576.

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