Name: Oceanicola litoreus Park et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to’re.us. L. masc. adj. litoreus, belonging to the seashore

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … li-TO-re-us, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 62794; DSM 29440; KCTC 32083; M-M22

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX291104 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Park S, Lee MH, Yoon JH. Oceanicola litoreus sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from the seashore sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:859-866. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 152. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2365-2367.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Vannielia litorea (Park et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Vannielia litorea (Park et al. 2013) Hördt et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Oceanicola litoreus 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Oceanicola Cho and Giovannoni 2004

Assigned by: Park S, Lee MH, Yoon JH. Oceanicola litoreus sp. nov., an alphaproteobacterium isolated from the seashore sediment. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:859-866. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 790818