Name: Silanimonas lenta Lee et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: len’ta. L. fem. adj. lenta, sticky

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 25-4; DSM 16282; KCTC 12236

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY557615 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee EM, Jeon CO, Choi I, Chang KS, Kim CJ. Silanimonas lenta gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic and alkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:385-389.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Silanimonas Lee et al. 2005. Publication: Lee EM, Jeon CO, Choi I, Chang KS, Kim CJ. Silanimonas lenta gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic and alkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:385-389.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 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: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Silanimonas Lee et al. 2005

Assigned by: Lee EM, Jeon CO, Choi I, Chang KS, Kim CJ. Silanimonas lenta gen. nov., sp. nov., a slightly thermophilic and alkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:385-389.

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