Name: Oceanospirillum commune (Baumann et al. 1972) Bowditch et al. 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Alteromonas communis Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: com.mu’ne. L. neut. adj. commune, common

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 8; ATCC 27118; CCUG 16012; CIP 74.01; JCM 20766; LMG 2864; NBRC 102224

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681738 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Bowditch RD, Baumann L, Baumann P. Description of Oceanospirillum kriegii sp. nov. and O. jannaschii sp. nov. and assignment of two species of Alteromonas to this genus as O. commune comb. nov. and O. vagum comb. nov. Curr. Microbiol. 1984; 10:221-230.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 16. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:503-504.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Marinomonas communis (Baumann et al. 1972) van Landschoot and De Ley 1984

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Marinomonas communis (Baumann et al. 1972) van Landschoot and De Ley 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Marinomonas basaltis Chang et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alteromonas communis Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Chimetto et al. (2011), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Marinomonas basaltis Chang et al. 2008. Publication: Chimetto LA, Cleenwerck I, Brocchi M, Willems A, De Vos P, Thompson FL. Marinomonas brasilensis sp. nov., isolated from the coral Mussismilia hispida, and reclassification of Marinomonas basaltis as a later heterotypic synonym of Marinomonas communis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1170-1175.
  • ❗ Oceanospirillum commune 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 Oceanospirillum.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Oceanospirillum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bowditch RD, Baumann L, Baumann P. Description of Oceanospirillum kriegii sp. nov. and O. jannaschii sp. nov. and assignment of two species of Alteromonas to this genus as O. commune comb. nov. and O. vagum comb. nov. Curr. Microbiol. 1984; 10:221-230.

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Record number: 784535