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

Gender: masculine

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

See detailed strain information at

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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