Name: Oceanococcus atlanticus Li et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: at.lan’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. atlanticus, Atlantic, from the Atlantic Ocean

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 22II-S10r2; CGMCC 1.12317; LMG 27155; MCCC 1A09384

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16S rRNA gene: KC997601 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Li G, Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Du Y, Li G, Shao Z. Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. [Erratum to: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 104, 1073–1081]. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:439.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1455-1458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Maricoccus atlantica" Li et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceanococcus Li et al. 2014. Publication: Li G, Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Du Y, Li G, Shao Z. Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. [Erratum to: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 104, 1073–1081]. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:439.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The name in the effective publication, Maricoccus atlantica (sic), has been corrected by an erratum. Publication: Li G, Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Du Y, Li G, Shao Z. Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 104:1073-1081.

Parent taxon: Oceanococcus Li et al. 2014

Assigned by: Li G, Lai Q, Liu X, Sun F, Du Y, Li G, Shao Z. Maricoccus atlantica gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from deep sea sediment of the Atlantic Ocean. [Erratum to: Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 104, 1073–1081]. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:439.

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Record number: 791799