Name: Oceaniglobus indicus Li et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cus. L. masc. adj. indicus, Indian, referring to the Indian Ocean

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 1- 19b; KCTC 52709; MCCC 1A11863

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY694373 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li J, Huang Z, Lai Q, Liu X, Wang G, Shao Z. Oceaniglobus indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4930-4935.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:695-697.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceaniglobus Li et al. 2017. Publication: Li J, Huang Z, Lai Q, Liu X, Wang G, Shao Z. Oceaniglobus indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4930-4935.
  • 😢 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. The expression "monophyletic clade" is a pleonasm. 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.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The phylogenetic position of this species was determined in a genome-scale analysis by Hördt et al. (2020). 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: Oceaniglobus Li et al. 2017

Assigned by: Li J, Huang Z, Lai Q, Liu X, Wang G, Shao Z. Oceaniglobus indicus gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Rhodobacteraceae isolated from surface seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4930-4935.

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