Name: Oceanibulbus indolifex Wagner-Döbler et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.do’li.fex. N.L. neut. n. indolum, indole; L. masc. n. suff. -fex, maker; from L. v. facio, ere, to make; N.L. masc. n. indolifex, making indole, the indole maker

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-DO-li-feks, masculine

Type strain: DSM 14862; HEL-45; MCCC 1A11773; NCIMB 13983

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ550939 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wagner-Dobler I, Rheims H, Felske A, El-Ghezal A, Flade-Schroder D, Laatsch H, Lang S, Pukall R, Tindall BJ. Oceanibulbus indolifex gen. nov., sp. nov., a North Sea alphaproteobacterium that produces bioactive metabolites. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1177-1184. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sulfitobacter indolifex (Wagner-Döbler et al. 2004) Liu et al. 2017

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Sulfitobacter indolifex (Wagner-Döbler et al. 2004) Liu et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceanibulbus Wagner-Döbler et al. 2004. Publication: Wagner-Dobler I, Rheims H, Felske A, El-Ghezal A, Flade-Schroder D, Laatsch H, Lang S, Pukall R, Tindall BJ. Oceanibulbus indolifex gen. nov., sp. nov., a North Sea alphaproteobacterium that produces bioactive metabolites. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1177-1184. 🇩🇪
  • ❗ Oceanibulbus indolifex is the correct name instead 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 Oceanibulbus.
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The neo-Latin noun indolum is in the neuter gender, not in the masculine gender as cited in the paper by Wagner-Döbler et al. 2004. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Oceanibulbus Wagner-Döbler et al. 2004

Assigned by: Wagner-Dobler I, Rheims H, Felske A, El-Ghezal A, Flade-Schroder D, Laatsch H, Lang S, Pukall R, Tindall BJ. Oceanibulbus indolifex gen. nov., sp. nov., a North Sea alphaproteobacterium that produces bioactive metabolites. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1177-1184. 🇩🇪

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