Name: Oceanicola batsensis Cho and Giovannoni 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ba.tsen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. batsensis, from BATS, an abbreviation for Bermuda Atlantic Timeseries Study site

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-863; DSM 15984; HTCC 2597; KCTC 12145

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ915615 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cho JC, Giovannoni SJ. Oceanicola granulosus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Oceanicola batsensis sp. nov., poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-producing marine bacteria in the order 'Rhodobacterales'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1129-1136.

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: Pseudooceanicola batsensis (Cho and Giovannoni 2004) Lai et al. 2015

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudooceanicola batsensis (Cho and Giovannoni 2004) Lai et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Oceanicola batsensis 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 Oceanicola.
  • 😷 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 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Oceanicola Cho and Giovannoni 2004

Assigned by: Cho JC, Giovannoni SJ. Oceanicola granulosus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Oceanicola batsensis sp. nov., poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-producing marine bacteria in the order 'Rhodobacterales'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1129-1136.

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Record number: 778926