Genus Pelagibaca
Name: Pelagibaca Cho and Giovannoni 2006
Etymology: Pe.la.gi.ba’ca L. n. pelagus, the open sea, the ocean; L. fem. n. baca, berry, especially olive; N.L. fem. n. Pelagibaca, an olive-shaped bacterium of the open ocean
Type species: Pelagibaca bermudensis Cho and Giovannoni 2006
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Cho JC, Giovannoni SJ. Pelagibaca bermudensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel marine bacterium within the Roseobacter clade in the order Rhodobacterales. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:855-859. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Correct name: Salipiger Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Citreicella Sorokin et al. 2006 heterotypic synonym, validly published Salipiger Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004 heterotypic synonym, validly published Thiobacimonas Li et al. 2015 heterotypic synonym, validly published
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Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Pelagibaca abyssi" Lin et al. 2014 not validly published Pelagibaca bermudensis Cho and Giovannoni 2006 validly published synonym
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Parent taxon: Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006
Assigned by:
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.
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