Name: Thalassobius abyssi Nogi et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.bys’si. L. gen. fem. n. abyssi, from the abyss

Pronunciation, gender: … a-BYS-si, masculine

Type strain: DSM 100673; JAMH 43; JCM 30900

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LC057677 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nogi Y, Mori K, Makita H, Hatada Y. Thalassobius abyssi sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from cold-seep sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:574-579. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Shimia abyssi (Nogi et al. 2016) Wirth and Whitman 2018

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Shimia abyssi (Nogi et al. 2016) Wirth and Whitman 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Thalassovita abyssi (Nogi et al. 2016) Deshmukh and Oren 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

• 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. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates away from its type species and may be reclassified as one of the lineages of Shimia not harboring the type species". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Thalassobius Arahal et al. 2005

Assigned by: Nogi Y, Mori K, Makita H, Hatada Y. Thalassobius abyssi sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from cold-seep sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:574-579. 🇯🇵

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