Genus Silvimonas
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: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Silvimonas Yang et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Silvimonas terrae Yang et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. n. silva, forest; L. fem. n. monas, a unit, monad; N.L. fem. n. Silvimonas, forest monad.
Valid publication: YANG (H.C.), IM (W.T.), AN (D.S.), PARK (W.), KIM (I.S.) and LEE (S.T.): Silvimonas terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading facultative anaerobe belonging to the 'Betaproteobacteria'. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2329-2332.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Silvimonas Yang et al. 2005 emend. Muramatsu et al. 2010.
Reference: MURAMATSU (Y.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Silvimonas iriomotensis sp. nov. and Silvimonas amylolytica sp. nov., new members of the class Betaproteobacteria isolated from the subtropical zone in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 174-178.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Silvimonas amylolytica Muramatsu et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ir6-4 = CGMCC 1.8860 = KCTC 22514 = NBRC 103189.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB326111.
Etymology: Gr. n. amulon, starch; N.L. fem. adj. lytica (from Gr. fem. adj. lutikê), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. fem. adj. amylolytica, starch dissolving.
Valid publication: MURAMATSU (Y.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Silvimonas iriomotensis sp. nov. and Silvimonas amylolytica sp. nov., new members of the class Betaproteobacteria isolated from the subtropical zone in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 174-178.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Silvimonas iriomotensis Muramatsu et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) ir6-1 = CGMCC 1.8859 = KCTC 22513 = NBRC 103188.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB326110.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. iriomotensis, pertaining to Iriomote Island, Okinawa, Japan, the origin of the soil from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: MURAMATSU (Y.), SUZUKI (K.) and NAKAGAWA (Y.): Silvimonas iriomotensis sp. nov. and Silvimonas amylolytica sp. nov., new members of the class Betaproteobacteria isolated from the subtropical zone in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 174-178.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Silvimonas terrae Yang et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) KM-45 = JCM 21671 = KCTC 12358 = NBRC 100961.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB194302.
Etymology: L. gen. n. terrae, of the earth.
Valid publication: YANG (H.C.), IM (W.T.), AN (D.S.), PARK (W.), KIM (I.S.) and LEE (S.T.): Silvimonas terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading facultative anaerobe belonging to the 'Betaproteobacteria'. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2329-2332.
Original article in IJSEM Online