Name: Salipiger bermudensis (Cho and Giovannoni 2006) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Pelagibaca bermudensis Cho and Giovannoni 2006

Etymology: ber.mu.den’sis. N.L. masc. adj. bermudensis, from Bermuda

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ber-mu-DEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 26914; HTCC 2601; JCM 13377; KCTC 12554

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MZ276324 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pelagibaca bermudensis Cho and Giovannoni 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00177 (N = 135).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Salipiger Martínez-Cánovas et al. 2004

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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