Name: Shimia isoporae Chen et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: i.so.por’ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. isoporae, of Isopora, isolated from a coral belonging to the genus Isopora

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 80085; DSM 26433; LMG 25377; SW-6

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ976449 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen MH, Sheu SY, Chen CA, Wang JT, Chen WM. Shimia isoporae sp. nov., isolated from the reef-building coral Isopora palifera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:823-827.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1502-1503.

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 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Shimia Choi and Cho 2006

Assigned by: Chen MH, Sheu SY, Chen CA, Wang JT, Chen WM. Shimia isoporae sp. nov., isolated from the reef-building coral Isopora palifera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:823-827.

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