Name: Oceanicaulis stylophorae Chen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sty.lo.pho’rae. N.L. gen. fem. n. stylophorae, of Stylophora, isolated from a coral belonging to the genus Stylophora

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80207; GISW-4; LMG 25723

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16S rRNA gene: HM035090 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen MH, Sheu SY, Chen CA, Wang JT, Chen WM. Oceanicaulis stylophorae sp. nov., isolated from the reef-building coral Stylophora pistillata. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2241-2246.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2813-2814.

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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oceanicaulis Strömpl et al. 2003

Assigned by: Chen MH, Sheu SY, Chen CA, Wang JT, Chen WM. Oceanicaulis stylophorae sp. nov., isolated from the reef-building coral Stylophora pistillata. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2241-2246.

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Record number: 790148