Name: Oceanisphaera donghaensis Park et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: dong.ha.en’sis. N.L. fem. adj. donghaensis, pertaining to Donghae, from Donghae, the Korean name for the East Sea in Korea from which the strains were isolated

Pronunciation, gender: don͡g-ha-EN-sis, feminine

Type strain: BL1; DSM 17589; KCTC 12522

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: DQ190441 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Park SJ, Kang CH, Nam YD, Bae JW, Park YH, Quan ZX, Moon DS, Kim HJ, Roh DH, Rhee SK. Oceanisphaera donghaensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium from the East Sea, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:895-898.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1461-1462.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oceanisphaera Romanenko et al. 2003

Assigned by: Park SJ, Kang CH, Nam YD, Bae JW, Park YH, Quan ZX, Moon DS, Kim HJ, Roh DH, Rhee SK. Oceanisphaera donghaensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium from the East Sea, Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:895-898.

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Record number: 778931