Name: Oceanisphaera litoralis Romanenko et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. masc./fem. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the seashore

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15406; KMM 3654

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ550470 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Romanenko LA, Schumann P, Zhukova NV, Rohde M, Mikhailov VV, Stackebrandt E. Oceanisphaera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium from marine bottom sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1885-1888.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:309-311.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceanisphaera Romanenko et al. 2003. Publication: Romanenko LA, Schumann P, Zhukova NV, Rohde M, Mikhailov VV, Stackebrandt E. Oceanisphaera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium from marine bottom sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1885-1888.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Oceanisphaera Romanenko et al. 2003

Assigned by: Romanenko LA, Schumann P, Zhukova NV, Rohde M, Mikhailov VV, Stackebrandt E. Oceanisphaera litoralis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium from marine bottom sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1885-1888.

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