Name: Shimia aestuarii (Yi and Chun 2007) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Thalassobius aestuarii Yi and Chun 2007

Etymology: aes.tu.a’ri.i. L. gen. neut. n. aestuarii, of a tidal flat

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CECT 8650; DSM 15283; IMSNU 14011; JC2049; JCM 14332; KCTC 12049

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY442178 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
    Thalassovita aestuarii (Yi and Chun 2007) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name
    Thalassobius aestuarii Yi and Chun 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.06033 (N = 112).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: 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.

Parent taxon: Shimia Choi and Cho 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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Record number: 798460