Name: Oceanitalea stevensii Pallen 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ste.ven’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. stevensii, named in honour of British microbiologist Mark Stevens

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: o-ke-a-ni-TA-le-a ste-WEN-si-i, feminine

Type strain: DSM 112381; NCTC 14557; Sa1BUA1

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

Valid publication: Pallen MJ. Valid publication of names for bacterial species from the chicken gut. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6445. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6494.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Oceanitalea stevensii" Gilroy et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: NCTC 14568.
  • ❗ Oceanitalea stevensii 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 Oceanitalea.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-07-16.

Parent taxon: Oceanitalea Fu et al. 2012

Assigned by: Pallen MJ. Valid publication of names for bacterial species from the chicken gut. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6445. 🇬🇧

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