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Genus Silicimonas
Name: Silicimonas Crenn et al. 2016
Etymology: Si.li.ci’mo.nas. L. masc./fem. n. silex, silica; L. fem. n. monas, a monad, a unit; N.L. fem. n. Silicimonas, a monad isolated from silica
Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Silicimonad-), si-li-KI-mo-nas
Type species: Silicimonas algicola Crenn et al. 2016
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Crenn K, Serpin D, Lepleux C, Overmann J, Jeanthon C. Silicimonas algicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from the cell surface of the marine diatom Thalassiosira delicatula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4580-4588. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:179-182.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Crenn et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Crenn K, Serpin D, Lepleux C, Overmann J, Jeanthon C. Silicimonas algicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from the cell surface of the marine diatom Thalassiosira delicatula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4580-4588. 🇫🇷
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: RCC: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Crenn et al. (2016) assigned this genus to the family Rhodobacteraceae Garrity et al. 2006.
Publication:
Crenn K, Serpin D, Lepleux C, Overmann J, Jeanthon C. Silicimonas algicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the Roseobacter clade isolated from the cell surface of the marine diatom Thalassiosira delicatula. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4580-4588.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Silicimonas algicola Crenn et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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Record number: 519087
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