Genus Cognatishimia
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Cognatishimia Wirth and Whitman 2018, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Cognatishimia maritima Wirth and Whitman 2018.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. cognatus, relative, related, kindred; N.L. fem. n. Shimia, a bacteria generic name; N.L. fem. n. Cognatishimia, related to Shimia.
Valid publication: WIRTH, J. S. and WHITMAN, W. B. 2018. Phylogenomic analyses of a clade within the roseobacter group suggest taxonomic reassignments of species of the genera Aestuariivita, Citreicella, Loktanella, Nautella, Pelagibaca, Ruegeria, Thalassobius, Thiobacimonas and Tropicibacter, and the proposal of six novel genera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2393-2411.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Cognatishimia maritima Wirth and Whitman 2018, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GSW-M6=DSM 28223=KCTC 23347=CCUG 60021
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM748766.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: NZ_FQWM00000000.1.
Basonym: ¤ Thalassobius maritimus Park et al. 2012.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. maritima, of the sea, referring to the marine environment.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: WIRTH, J. S. and WHITMAN, W. B. 2018. Phylogenomic analyses of a clade within the roseobacter group suggest taxonomic reassignments of species of the genera Aestuariivita, Citreicella, Loktanella, Nautella, Pelagibaca, Ruegeria, Thalassobius, Thiobacimonas and Tropicibacter, and the proposal of six novel genera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 68, 2393-2411.
Original article in IJSEM Online