Name: Oceanibaculum nanhaiense Du et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nan.hai.en’se. N.L. neut. adj. nanhaiense, pertaining to Nanhai, the Chinese name for the South China Sea, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: nan-hai-EN-se, neuter

Type strain: KCTC 52312; L54-1-50; MCCC 1A05150

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KX870046 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Du Y, Liu X, Lai Q, Li W, Sun F, Shao Z. Oceanibaculum nanhaiense sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4842-4845. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). Publication: Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker 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: Du Y, Liu X, Lai Q, Li W, Sun F, Shao Z. Oceanibaculum nanhaiense sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4842-4845. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 796233