Name: Oceanotoga Jayasinghearachchi and Lal 2011
Etymology: O.ce.a.no.to’ga. Gr. masc. n. Ôkeanos, the ocean; L. fem. n. toga, a covering, garment; N.L. fem. n. Oceanotoga, an ocean toga, referring to the isolation of the organism from the ocean and the presence of a ‘toga’sheath-like outer cover
Gender: feminine (stem: Oceanotog-)
Type species: Oceanotoga teriensis Jayasinghearachchi and Lal 2011
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Valid publication: Jayasinghearachchi HS, Lal B. Oceanotoga teriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium isolated from offshore oil-producing wells. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:554-560.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1237-1238.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Oceanotoga teriensis Jayasinghearachchi and Lal 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Petrotogaceae Bhandari and Gupta 2014
Assigned by: Bhandari V, Gupta RS. Molecular signatures for the phylum (class) Thermotogae and a proposal for its division into three orders (Thermotogales, Kosmotogales ord. nov. and Petrotogales ord. nov.) containing four families (Thermotogaceae, Fervidobacteriaceae fam. nov., Kosmotogaceae fam. nov. and Petrotogaceae fam. nov.) and a new genus Pseudothermotoga gen. nov. with five new combinations. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:143-168.
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Record number: 518065