Name: Pseudooceanicola nanhaiensis (Gu et al. 2007) Lai et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Oceanicola nanhaiensis Gu et al. 2007

Etymology: nan.hai.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. nanhaiensis, pertaining to Nan Hai, the Chinese name for the South China Sea, the source of the sediment from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6293; DSM 18065; LMG 23508; SS011B1-20

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ414420 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lai Q, Li G, Liu X, Du Y, Sun F, Shao Z. Pseudooceanicola atlanticus gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater of the Atlantic Ocean and reclassification of Oceanicola batsensis, Oceanicola marinus, Oceanicola nitratireducens, Oceanicola nanhaiensis, Oceanicola antarcticus and Oceanicola flagellatus, as Pseudooceanicola batsensis comb. nov., Pseudooceanicola marinus comb. nov., Pseudooceanicola nitratireducens comb. nov., Pseudooceanicola nanhaiensis comb. nov., Pseudooceanicola antarcticus comb. nov., and Pseudooceanicola flagellatus comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1065-1074.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Oceanicola nanhaiensis Gu et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01386 (N = 122).
  • 😷 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 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The LMG collection number of the type strain, LMG 23508, does not appear on Validation List no. 164. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 164. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2017-2025.

Parent taxon: Pseudooceanicola Lai et al. 2015

Assigned by: Lai Q, Li G, Liu X, Du Y, Sun F, Shao Z. Pseudooceanicola atlanticus gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater of the Atlantic Ocean and reclassification of Oceanicola batsensis, Oceanicola marinus, Oceanicola nitratireducens, Oceanicola nanhaiensis, Oceanicola antarcticus and Oceanicola flagellatus, as Pseudooceanicola batsensis comb. nov., Pseudooceanicola marinus comb. nov., Pseudooceanicola nitratireducens comb. nov., Pseudooceanicola nanhaiensis comb. nov., Pseudooceanicola antarcticus comb. nov., and Pseudooceanicola flagellatus comb. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 107:1065-1074.

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