Name: Shimia biformata Hameed et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bi.for.ma’ta. L. fem. adj. biformata, double-formed, two-shaped, pertaining to the different cell morphology during different growth phases

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80548; CC-AMW-C; JCM 18818

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC169813 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hameed A, Shahina M, Lin SY, Lai WA, Hsu YH, Liu YC, Huang YM, Young CC. Shimia biformata sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater, and emended description of the genus Shimia Choi and Cho 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4533-4539.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Shimia Choi and Cho 2006

Assigned by: Hameed A, Shahina M, Lin SY, Lai WA, Hsu YH, Liu YC, Huang YM, Young CC. Shimia biformata sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater, and emended description of the genus Shimia Choi and Cho 2006. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4533-4539.

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Record number: 791373