Species Tropicibacter oceani

Name: Tropicibacter oceani Zhou et al. 2025

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ce’a.ni. L. gen. masc. n. oceani, of the ocean

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: tro-pi-ki-BAK-ter o-KE-a-ni, masculine

Type strain: KCTC 92856; MCCC 1K08473; YMD87

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OP942226 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhou DD, Xu XD, Zhang BZ, Feng JX, Zhang J. Tropicibacter oceani sp. nov., a novel sulfur-metabolizing bacteria isolated from the intertidal zone sediment of Chinese Yellow Sea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1337-1344. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pacificoceanicola oceani (Zhou et al. 2025) Wang et al. 2026

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pacificoceanicola oceani (Zhou et al. 2025) Wang et al. 2026	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Tropicibacter oceani is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Tropicibacter.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-12-16.

Parent taxon: Tropicibacter Harwati et al. 2009

Assigned by: Zhou DD, Xu XD, Zhang BZ, Feng JX, Zhang J. Tropicibacter oceani sp. nov., a novel sulfur-metabolizing bacteria isolated from the intertidal zone sediment of Chinese Yellow Sea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2023; 116:1337-1344. 🇨🇳

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