Name: Oleiphilus messinensis Golyshin et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mes.si.nen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. messinensis, pertaining to Messina, the city in Sicily where the organism was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 13489; LMG 20357; ME102

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ295154 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Golyshin PN, Chernikova TN, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM. Oleiphilaceae fam. nov., to include Oleiphilus messinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:901-911.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oleiphilus Golyshin et al. 2002. Publication: Golyshin PN, Chernikova TN, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM. Oleiphilaceae fam. nov., to include Oleiphilus messinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:901-911.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet messinensis is a Neo-Latin adjective, not a Latin adjective as cited by Golyshin et al. 2002. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Oleiphilus Golyshin et al. 2002

Assigned by: Golyshin PN, Chernikova TN, Abraham WR, Lunsdorf H, Timmis KN, Yakimov MM. Oleiphilaceae fam. nov., to include Oleiphilus messinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:901-911.

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