Name: Oceanicola pacificus Yuan et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ci’fi.cus. L. masc. adj. pacificus, peaceful, pertaining to the Pacific Ocean

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa-KI-fi-kus, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 208224; DSM 29620; LMG 24619; MCCC 1A01034; W11-2B

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ659449 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yuan J, Lai Q, Wang B, Sun F, Liu X, Du Y, Li G, Gu L, Zheng T, Shao Z. Oceanicola pacificus sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea pyrene-degrading consortium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1158-1161. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lutimaribacter pacificus (Yuan et al. 2009) Iwaki et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lutimaribacter pacificus (Yuan et al. 2009) Iwaki et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Oceanicola pacificus 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oceanicola Cho and Giovannoni 2004

Assigned by: Yuan J, Lai Q, Wang B, Sun F, Liu X, Du Y, Li G, Gu L, Zheng T, Shao Z. Oceanicola pacificus sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea pyrene-degrading consortium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1158-1161. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 786097