Name: Oceanimonas smirnovii Ivanova et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: smir.nov’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. smirnovii, of Smirnov, in honour of Ukrainian microbiologist Valery V. Smirnov

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 31-13; ATCC BAA-899; LMG 22147; UCM B-11076

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY538714 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ivanova EP, Onyshchenko OM, Christen R, Zhukova NV, Lysenko AM, Shevchenko LS, Buljan V, Hambly B, Kiprianova EA. Oceanimonas smirnovii sp. nov., a novel organism isolated from the Black Sea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:131-136.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 103. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:983-985.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04999 (N = 3).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 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: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Oceanimonas corrig. Brown et al. 2001

Assigned by: Ivanova EP, Onyshchenko OM, Christen R, Zhukova NV, Lysenko AM, Shevchenko LS, Buljan V, Hambly B, Kiprianova EA. Oceanimonas smirnovii sp. nov., a novel organism isolated from the Black Sea. Syst Appl Microbiol 2005; 28:131-136.

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