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Name: Silicibacter Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999
Etymology: Si.li.ci.bac.ter. L. masc./fem. n. silex (gen. silicis), 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
Gender: masculine (stem: Silicibacter-)
Type species: Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999
Effective publication:
Petursdottir SK, Kristjansson JK. 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.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Validation list no. 71. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1325-1326.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999
Name | Kind |
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Falsiruegeria Liang et al. 2021 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Thalassovita Deshmukh and Oren 2023 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Silicibacter pomeroyi González et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Parent taxon: Roseobacteraceae Liang et al. 2021
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
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Record number: 517533