Shimia

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Shimia

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Shimia Choi and Cho 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Shimia marina Choi and Cho 2006.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Shimia, of Shim, named in honour of Dr Jae H. Shim, for his contributions to marine plankton ecology in Korea.
Reference: CHOI (D.H.) and CHO (B.C.): Shimia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the Roseobacter clade isolated from biofilm in a coastal fish farm. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1869-1873.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Shimia isoporae Chen et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SW6 = SW-6 = BCRC 80085 = LMG 25377.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ976449.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. isoporae, of Isopora, isolated from a coral belonging to the genus Isopora.
Reference: CHEN (M.H.), SHEU (S.Y.), CHEN (C.A.), WANG (J.T.) and CHEN (W.M.): Shimia isoporae sp. nov., isolated from the reef-building coral Isopora palifera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 823-827.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Shimia marina Choi and Cho 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain CL-TA03 = JCM 13038 = KCCM 42117.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY962292.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of or belonging to the sea, marine.
Reference: CHOI (D.H.) and CHO (B.C.): Shimia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the Roseobacter clade isolated from biofilm in a coastal fish farm. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1869-1873.
Original article in IJSEM Online