Name: Oceanicella actignis Albuquerque et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: act.i’gnis. L. fem. n. acta (gen. actae), sea-shore, sea-beach; L. masc. n. ignis, fire (also as genitive); N.L. gen. masc. n. actignis, of beach of fire, because the organism was isolated from a beach called Praia do Fogo meaning Beach of Fire

Pronunciation, gender: akt-I-n͡gnis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 22673; LMG 25334; PRQ-67

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ864435 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Oceanicella actignis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:385-389.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pleomorphobacterium xiamenense Yin et al. 2013	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceanicella Albuquerque et al. 2012. Publication: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Oceanicella actignis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:385-389.
  • ⏰ According to Huang et al. (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pleomorphobacterium xiamenense Yin et al. 2013. Publication: Huang Z, Lai Q, Shao Z. Pleomorphobacterium xiamenense Yin et al. 2013 is a later heterotypic synonym of Oceanicella actignis Albuquerque et al. 2012. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3532-3534.
  • 😷 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: Oceanicella Albuquerque et al. 2012

Assigned by: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Nobre MF, da Costa MS. Oceanicella actignis gen. nov., sp. nov., a halophilic slightly thermophilic member of the Alphaproteobacteria. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:385-389.

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