Name: Oceanibaculum indicum Lai et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.di’cum L. neut. adj. indicum, referring to the Indian Ocean, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strains: CCTCC AB 208226; LMG 24626; MCCC 1A02083; P24

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU656113 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lai Q, Yuan J, Wu C, Shao Z. Oceanibaculum indicum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater of the Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1733-1737.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2381-2382.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceanibaculum Lai et al. 2009. Publication: Lai Q, Yuan J, Wu C, Shao Z. Oceanibaculum indicum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater of the Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1733-1737.
  • The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hördt A, García-López M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Göker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front. Microbiol. 2020; 11:468.

Parent taxon: Oceanibaculum Lai et al. 2009

Assigned by: Lai Q, Yuan J, Wu C, Shao Z. Oceanibaculum indicum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from deep seawater of the Indian Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1733-1737.

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