Name: Oceanicola granulosus Cho and Giovannoni 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gra.nu.lo’sus. N.L. masc. adj. granulosus, granular

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-861; DSM 15982; HTCC 2516; KCTC 12143

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ915616 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: 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceanicola Cho and Giovannoni 2004. 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 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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