Genus Cognatishimia

Name: Cognatishimia Wirth and Whitman 2018

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Co.gna.ti.shi’mi.a. L. masc. adj. cognatus, relative, related, kindred; N.L. fem. n. Shimia, a bacteria generic name; N.L. fem. n. Cognatishimia, related to Shimia

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Cognatishimi-), ko-n͡gna-ti-S͡HI-mi-a

Type species: Cognatishimia maritima (Park et al. 2012) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wirth JS, Whitman WB. 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 2018; 68:2393-2411. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3077-3079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.

Notes:
- 🧕 Wirth and Whitman (2018) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006. Publication: Wirth JS, Whitman WB. 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 2018; 68:2393-2411. 🇺🇸
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Thalassobius Arahal et al. 2005. Publication: Park S, Lee MH, Lee JS, Oh TK, Yoon JH. Thalassobius maritimus sp. nov., isolated from seawater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:8-12. 🇰🇷
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Thalassovita Deshmukh and Oren 2023. Publication: Deshmukh UB, Oren A. Proposal of Thalassovita gen. nov. and Alloyangia gen. nov. as replacement names for the illegitimate prokaryotic generic names Thalassobius and Yangia, respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6025. 🇮🇱
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Arahal et al. (2019). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 2; MCCC: 1; CCUG: 1; CECT: 1; DSM: 1; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Cognatishimia activa (Pujalte et al. 2018) Arahal et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Cognatishimia coralii Liu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Cognatishimia maritima (Park et al. 2012) Wirth and Whitman 2018	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021

Assigned by: Liang KYH, Orata FD, Boucher YF, Case RJ. Roseobacters in a Sea of Poly- and Paraphyly: Whole Genome-Based Taxonomy of the Family Rhodobacteraceae and the Proposal for the Split of the "Roseobacter Clade" Into a Novel Family, Roseobacteraceae fam. nov. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:683109. 🇨🇦

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