Name: Simiduia agarivorans Shieh et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ga.ri.vo’rans. N.L. neut. n. agarum, agar; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring, destroying; N.L. part. adj. agarivorans, agar-devouring

Gender: feminine

Type strain: BCRC 17597; DSM 21679; JCM 13881; SA1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF617350 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shieh WY, Liu TY, Lin SY, Jean WD, Chen JS. Simiduia agarivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, agarolytic bacterium isolated from shallow coastal water from Keelung, Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:895-900.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1513-1514.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Simiduia Shieh et al. 2008. Publication: Shieh WY, Liu TY, Lin SY, Jean WD, Chen JS. Simiduia agarivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, agarolytic bacterium isolated from shallow coastal water from Keelung, Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:895-900.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 12 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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: Simiduia Shieh et al. 2008

Assigned by: Shieh WY, Liu TY, Lin SY, Jean WD, Chen JS. Simiduia agarivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a marine, agarolytic bacterium isolated from shallow coastal water from Keelung, Taiwan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:895-900.

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