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Genus Silicibacter
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, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Silicibacter-), si-li-ki-BAK-ter
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. 
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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
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind 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 Falsiruegeria Liang et al. 2021 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Kämpfer et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Kampfer P, Arun AB, Rekha PD, Busse HJ, Young CC, Glaeser SP. Ruegeria intermedia sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a coastal hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2538-2544. 🇩🇪
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Ruegeria Uchino et al. 1999.
Publication:
Yi H, Lim YW, 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. 🇰🇷
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Sificibacter"; "Silicobacter". — 🤨 This taxon name is occasionally used in plural form as: "Silicibacteria".
- ❗ Silicibacter is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1; KCTC: 1.
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🧍 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.
Publication:
Muramatsu Y, Uchino Y, Kasai H, Suzuki K, 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. 🇯🇵
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🧕 Kämpfer et al. (2013) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Kampfer P, Arun AB, Rekha PD, Busse HJ, Young CC, Glaeser SP. Ruegeria intermedia sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a coastal hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2538-2544.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Silicibacter lacuscaerulensis Petursdottir and Kristjansson 1999 validly published under the ICNP synonym Silicibacter pomeroyi González et al. 2003 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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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
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