Name: Oceanibaculum pacificum Dong et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.cum. L. neut. adj. pacificum, peaceful, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 209059; DSM 22161; LMC2up-L3; LMG 24859; MC2UP-L3; MCCC 1A02656

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ463255 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dong C, Lai Q, Chen L, Sun F, Shao Z, Yu Z. Oceanibaculum pacificum sp. nov., isolated from hydrothermal field sediment of the south-west Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:219-222.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:719-720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 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. 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.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Oceanibaculum Lai et al. 2009

Assigned by: Dong C, Lai Q, Chen L, Sun F, Shao Z, Yu Z. Oceanibaculum pacificum sp. nov., isolated from hydrothermal field sediment of the south-west Pacific Ocean. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:219-222.

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