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Species Planococcus okeanokoites
Name: Planococcus okeanokoites (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Nakagawa et al. 1996
Basonym: Flavobacterium okeanokoites ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980)
Etymology: o.ke.a.no.ko.i’tes. Gr. masc. n. Ôkeanos, the ocean; Gr. fem. n. koitê, bed; N.L. gen. fem. n. okeanokoites, of the ocean bed
Pronunciation, gender: o-ke-a-no-ko-I-tes, masculine
Type strain: ATCC 33414; CCM 320; CIP 105082; DSM 15489; IF0 12536; IFO 12536; LMG 4030; NBRC 12536; NCIMB 561; NCMB 561; VKM B-1175
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
AB680292
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Nakagawa Y, Sakane T, Yokota A. Emendation of the genus Planococcus and transfer of Flavobacterium okeanokoites Zobell and Upham 1944 to the genus Planococcus as Planococcus okeanokoites comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:866-870. 
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Flavobacterium okeanokoites ZoBell and Upham 1944 (Approved Lists 1980) homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Planomicrobium okeanokoites (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Yoon et al. 2001 homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04948 (N = 8).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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. — 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 3 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 genus.
Parent taxon: Planococcus Migula 1894 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Nakagawa Y, Sakane T, Yokota A. Emendation of the genus Planococcus and transfer of Flavobacterium okeanokoites Zobell and Upham 1944 to the genus Planococcus as Planococcus okeanokoites comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:866-870.
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Record number: 784644
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