Thalassolituus Yakimov et al. 2004 Thalassolituus Yakimov et al. 2004 Thalassolituus oleivorans Yakimov et al. 2004 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Proteobacteria (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Pseudomonadota corrig. Garrity et al. 2021 Alphaproteobacteriota (sic) Garrity et al. 2021 Gammaproteobacteria Garrity et al. 2005 emend. Williams and Kelly 2013 Oceanospirillales Garrity et al. 2005 Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005 Thalassolituus Yakimov et al. 2004 Oceanospirillaceae Garrity et al. 2005 Pseudospirillum Satomi et al. 2002 Marinomonas van Landschoot and De Ley 1984 emend. Espinosa et al. 2010 Oceanobacter Satomi et al. 2002 Nitrincola Dimitriu et al. 2005 emend. Borsodi et al. 2017 Balneatrix Dauga et al. 1993 emend. Krishnan et al. 2018 Marinospirillum Satomi et al. 1998 Oleispira Yakimov et al. 2003 Reinekea Romanenko et al. 2004 emend. Kang et al. 2015 Oceanospirillum Hylemon et al. 1973 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Satomi et al. 2002 Neptuniibacter Arahal et al. 2007 emend. Diéguez et al. 2017 Bermanella Pinhassi et al. 2009 Amphritea Gärtner et al. 2008 emend. Jang et al. 2015 Oceaniserpentilla Schlösser et al. 2008 Oleibacter Teramoto et al. 2011 Corallomonas Chen et al. 2013 Litoribacillus Zhao et al. 2014 Litoribrevibacter Li et al. 2015 Pelagitalea Lee et al. 2015 Bacterioplanes Wang et al. 2016 Terasakiispira Zepeda et al. 2015 Bacterioplanoides Wang et al. 2016 Motiliproteus Wang et al. 2015 emend. Wang et al. 2018 Pontibacterium Hyeon et al. 2017 Neptunomonas Hedlund et al. 1999 emend. Yang et al. 2014 Maribrevibacterium Mo et al. 2021 Thalassolituus oleivorans Yakimov et al. 2004 Thalassolituus marinus Choi and Cho 2013 Thalassolituus alkanivorans Wei et al. 2022 Yakimov M.M. Giuliano L. Denaro R. Crisafi E. Chernikova T.N. Abraham W.R. Luensdorf H. Timmis K.N. Golyshin P.N. Thalassolituus oleivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. 2004 54 1 141 148 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02424-0 14742471 Choi A. Cho J.-C. Thalassolituus marinus sp. nov., a hydrocarbon- utilizing marine bacterium 2013 63 6 2234 2238 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.046383-0 23148102 Wei T.-T. He S. Quan Z.-X. Thalassolituus alkanivorans sp. nov., a hydrocarbon-utilizing bacterium isolated from the Mariana Trench. 2022 72 5 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.005404 35639585 Yakimov M.M. Giuliano L. Denaro R. Crisafi E. Chernikova T.N. Abraham W.R. Luensdorf H. Timmis K.N. Golyshin P.N. Thalassolituus oleivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium that obligately utilizes hydrocarbons. 2004 54 1 141 148 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.02424-0 14742471 This taxon was not designated as a member of any higher taxon by the original authors. However, the nearest phylogenetic neighbors are all members of the family Oceanospirillaceae