Name: Pseudooceanicola nitratireducens (Zheng et al. 2010) Lai et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Oceanicola nitratireducens Zheng et al. 2010

Etymology: ni.tra.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. nitras (gen. nitratis), nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, leading back, bringing back and in chemistry converting to a different oxidation state; N.L. part. adj. nitratireducens, reducing nitrate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.7292; DSM 29619; JLT1210; LMG 24663

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU581832 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 nitratireducens Zheng et al. 2010	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 risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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