Name: Oceanivirga salmonicida Eisenberg et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.mo.ni.ci’da. L. masc. n. salmo, salmon; L. masc. n. suff. -cida, murderer, killer; from L. v. caedo, to cut or kill; N.L. masc. n. salmonicida, salmon-killer (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: sal-mo-ni-KI-da, feminine

Type strain: AVG 2115; DSM 101867; NCIMB 703044

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X83517 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Eisenberg T, Kampfer P, Ewers C, Semmler T, Glaeser SP, Collins E, Ruttledge M, Palmer R. Oceanivirga salmonicida gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Leptotrichiaceae isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2429-2437.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3765-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceanivirga Eisenberg et al. 2016. Publication: Eisenberg T, Kampfer P, Ewers C, Semmler T, Glaeser SP, Collins E, Ruttledge M, Palmer R. Oceanivirga salmonicida gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Leptotrichiaceae isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2429-2437.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "t". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 the species itself.

Parent taxon: Oceanivirga Eisenberg et al. 2016

Assigned by: Eisenberg T, Kampfer P, Ewers C, Semmler T, Glaeser SP, Collins E, Ruttledge M, Palmer R. Oceanivirga salmonicida gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Leptotrichiaceae isolated from Atlantic salmon (Salmo salar). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2429-2437.

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Record number: 794194