Species Oceanivirga miroungae

Name: Oceanivirga miroungae Volokhov et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.ro.un’gae. N.L. gen. fem. n. miroungae, of the elephant seal genus Mirounga

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: o-ke-a-ni-WIR-ga mi-ro-UN-ga͡e, feminine

Type strain: ATCC TSD-189; CCUG 73653; DSM 109740; ES3154-GLU; NCTC 14411

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MK828132 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Volokhov DV, Blom J, Amselle M, Delmonte P, Gao Y, Shen Z, Zhang S, Gulland FM, Chizhikov VE, Eisenberg T. Oceanivirga miroungae sp. nov., isolated from oral cavity of northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3037-3048. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4421-4424.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Oceanivirga Eisenberg et al. 2016

Assigned by: Volokhov DV, Blom J, Amselle M, Delmonte P, Gao Y, Shen Z, Zhang S, Gulland FM, Chizhikov VE, Eisenberg T. Oceanivirga miroungae sp. nov., isolated from oral cavity of northern elephant seal (Mirounga angustirostris). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3037-3048. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 1660