Name: Shimia haliotis Hyun et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.li.o’tis. N.L. gen. fem. n. haliotis, of Haliotis, the systematic name of a genus of abalone, isolated from Haliotis discus hannai

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 28453; JCM 18870; KACC 17212; WM35

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC196071 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hyun DW, Kim MS, Shin NR, Kim JY, Kim PS, Whon TW, Yun JH, Bae JW. Shimia haliotis sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the gut of an abalone, Haliotis discus hannai. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4248-4253.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• 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 risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Shimia Choi and Cho 2006

Assigned by: Hyun DW, Kim MS, Shin NR, Kim JY, Kim PS, Whon TW, Yun JH, Bae JW. Shimia haliotis sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the gut of an abalone, Haliotis discus hannai. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4248-4253.

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Record number: 791251