Name: Oceanicola marinus Lin et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine, referring to the isolation of the type strain from seawater

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ma-RI-nus, masculine

Type strain: AZO-C; BCRC 17591; DSM 29588; LMG 23705

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ822569 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin KY, Sheu SY, Chang PS, Cho JC, Chen WM. Oceanicola marinus sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from seawater collected off Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1625-1629. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudooceanicola marinus (Lin et al. 2007) Lai et al. 2015

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudooceanicola marinus (Lin et al. 2007) Lai et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • ❗ Oceanicola marinus 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.

Parent taxon: Oceanicola Cho and Giovannoni 2004

Assigned by: Lin KY, Sheu SY, Chang PS, Cho JC, Chen WM. Oceanicola marinus sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from seawater collected off Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1625-1629. 🇹🇼

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Record number: 786521