Name: Oceanicola nitratireducens Zheng et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tra.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and in chemistry converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. masc. part. adj. nitratireducens, reducing nitrate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ni-tra-ti-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.7292; DSM 29619; JLT1210; LMG 24663

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU581832 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zheng Q, Chen C, Wang YN, Jiao N. Oceanicola nitratireducens sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1655-1659. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2261-2262.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pseudooceanicola nitratireducens (Zheng et al. 2010) Lai et al. 2015

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pseudooceanicola nitratireducens (Zheng et al. 2010) Lai et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Oceanicola nitratireducens 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oceanicola Cho and Giovannoni 2004

Assigned by: Zheng Q, Chen C, Wang YN, Jiao N. Oceanicola nitratireducens sp. nov., a marine alphaproteobacterium isolated from the South China Sea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1655-1659. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 788645