Name: Oceanicola granulosus Cho and Giovannoni 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gra.nu.lo’sus. N.L. masc. adj. granulosus, granular

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gra-nu-LO-sus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-861; DSM 15982; HTCC 2516; KCTC 12143

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16S rRNA gene: DQ915616 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Cho JC, Giovannoni SJ. Oceanicola granulosus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Oceanicola batsensis sp. nov., poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-producing marine bacteria in the order 'Rhodobacterales'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1129-1136. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oceanicola Cho and Giovannoni 2004. Publication: Cho JC, Giovannoni SJ. Oceanicola granulosus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Oceanicola batsensis sp. nov., poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-producing marine bacteria in the order 'Rhodobacterales'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1129-1136. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 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 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oceanicola Cho and Giovannoni 2004

Assigned by: Cho JC, Giovannoni SJ. Oceanicola granulosus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Oceanicola batsensis sp. nov., poly-beta-hydroxybutyrate-producing marine bacteria in the order 'Rhodobacterales'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1129-1136. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 778927