Genus Silicibacter
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Silicibacter Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999.
Etymology: L. n. silex -icis, any hard stone found in fields, here silica; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Silicibacter, a rod isolated from a silica-rich geothermal lake.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 71. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1325-1326.
Effective publication: PETURSDOTTIR (S.K.) and KRISTJANSSON (J.K.): Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic moderately halophilic bacterium characteristic of the Blue Lagoon geothermal lake in Iceland. Extremophiles, 1997, 1, 94-99.
Validation List no. 71 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ ¤ Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999.
Note: Yi et al. 2007 propose to transfer ¤ Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999 (the type species of the genus Silicibacter) to the genus ¤ Ruegeria as ¤ Ruegeria lacuscaerulensis (Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999) Yi et al. 2007, comb. nov. According to Rule 37a, bacteriologists adhering to this proposal must change the name Silicibacter to ¤ Ruegeria.
Reference: YI (H.), LIM (Y.W.) and CHUN (J.): Taxonomic evaluation of the genera Ruegeria and Silicibacter: a proposal to transfer the genus Silicibacter Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999 to the genus Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 815-819.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Silicibacter Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999.
Note: According to Muramatsu et al. 2007, 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis suggests that the genera ¤ Ruegeria and Silicibacter are closely related and should be integrated into one genus (i.e. ¤ Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999 which has priority over Silicibacter Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999). However, their differential phenotypic properties do not support this unification. Consequently the authors retain the two species of Silicibacter in their paper.
Reference: MURAMATSU (Y.), UCHINO (Y.), KASAI (H.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Ruegeria mobilis sp. nov., a member of the Alphaproteobacteria isolated in Japan and Palau. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1304-1309.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ITI-1157 = DSM 11314 = KCTC 2953.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: U77644.
Etymology: L. n. lacus, lake; L. adj. caeruleus, blue; N.L. masc. adj. lacuscaerulensis, pertaining to the blue lake.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 71. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 1325-1326.
Effective publication: PETURSDOTTIR (S.K.) and KRISTJANSSON (J.K.): Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a mesophilic moderately halophilic bacterium characteristic of the Blue Lagoon geothermal lake in Iceland. Extremophiles, 1997, 1, 94-99.
Validation List no. 71 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ ¤ Ruegeria lacuscaerulensis (Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999) Yi et al. 2007, comb. nov.
→ Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999.
Note: According to Muramatsu et al. 2007, 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis suggests that the genera ¤ Ruegeria and Silicibacter are closely related and should be integrated into one genus (i.e. ¤ Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999 which has priority over Silicibacter Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999). However, their differential phenotypic properties do not support this unification. Consequently the authors retain the two species of Silicibacter in their paper.
Reference: MURAMATSU (Y.), UCHINO (Y.), KASAI (H.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Ruegeria mobilis sp. nov., a member of the Alphaproteobacteria isolated in Japan and Palau. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1304-1309.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Silicibacter pomeroyi González et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSS-3 = ATCC 700808= DSM 15171.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF098491.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. pomeroyi, of Lawrence R. Pomeroy, marine microbial ecologist who first elucidated the role of bacteria in the marine food web.
Valid publication: GONZÁLEZ (J.M.), COVERT (J.S.), WHITMAN (W.B.), HENRIKSEN (J.R.), MAYER (F.), SCHARF (B.), SCHMITT (R.), BUCHAN (A.), FUHRMAN (J.A.), KIENE (R.P.) and MORAN (M.A.): Silicibacter pomeroyi sp. nov. and Roseovarius nubinhibens sp. nov., dimethylsulfoniopropionate-demethylating bacteria from marine environments. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1261-1269.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ ¤ Ruegeria pomeroyi (González et al. 2003) Yi et al. 2007, comb. nov.
→ Silicibacter pomeroyi González et al. 2003.
Note: According to Muramatsu et al. 2007, 16S rRNA gene sequence analysis suggests that the genera ¤ Ruegeria and Silicibacter are closely related and should be integrated into one genus (i.e. ¤ Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999 which has priority over Silicibacter Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999). However, their differential phenotypic properties do not support this unification. Consequently the authors retain the two species of Silicibacter in their paper.
Reference: MURAMATSU (Y.), UCHINO (Y.), KASAI (H.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Ruegeria mobilis sp. nov., a member of the Alphaproteobacteria isolated in Japan and Palau. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1304-1309.
Original article in IJSEM Online