Name: Tessaracoccus oleiagri Cai et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.le.i.a’gri. L. neut. n. oleum (gen. olei), oil; L. masc. n. ager (gen. agri), productive land, a field; N.L. gen. masc. n. oleiagri, of an oilfield, the place where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-le-i-A-gri, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.9159; DSM 22955; SL014B-20A1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU111566 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cai M, Wang L, Cai H, Li Y, Wang YN, Tang YQ, Wu XL. Salinarimonas ramus sp. nov. and Tessaracoccus oleiagri sp. nov., isolated from a crude oil-contaminated saline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1767-1775. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2566-2567.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Tessaracoccus Maszenan et al. 1999

Assigned by: Cai M, Wang L, Cai H, Li Y, Wang YN, Tang YQ, Wu XL. Salinarimonas ramus sp. nov. and Tessaracoccus oleiagri sp. nov., isolated from a crude oil-contaminated saline soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1767-1775. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 789372