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Genus Shimia
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Shimia Choi and Cho 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Shimia marina Choi and Cho 2006.
Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Shimia, of Shim, named in honour of Dr Jae H. Shim, for his contributions to marine plankton ecology in Korea.
Valid publication: CHOI (D.H.) and CHO (B.C.): Shimia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the Roseobacter clade isolated from biofilm in a coastal fish farm. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1869-1873.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Shimia Choi and Cho 2006 emend. Hameed et al. 2013.
Reference: HAMEED, A., SHAHINA, M., LIN, S.-Y., LAI, W.-A., HSU, Y.-H., LIU, Y.-C., HUANG, Y.-M. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2013. Shimia biformata sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater, and emended description of the genus Shimia Choi and Cho 2006. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4533-4539.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Shimia biformata Hameed et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) CC-AMW-C=JCM 18818=BCRC 80548.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA) for the type strain: KC169813.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. biformata, double-formed, two-shaped, pertaining to the different cell morphology during different growth phases.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Reference: HAMEED, A., SHAHINA, M., LIN, S.-Y., LAI, W.-A., HSU, Y.-H., LIU, Y.-C., HUANG, Y.-M. and YOUNG, C.-C. 2013. Shimia biformata sp. nov., isolated from surface seawater, and emended description of the genus Shimia Choi and Cho 2006. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4533-4539.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Shimia haliotis Hyun et al. 2013, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) WM35=KACC 17212=JCM 18870.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA) for the type strain: KC196071.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. haliotis, of Haliotis, the systematic name of a genus of abalone, isolated from Haliotis discus hannai.
Source: Animal.
Valid publication: HYUN, D.-W., KIM, M.-S., SHIN, N.-R., KIM, J. Y., KIM, P. S., WHON, T. W., YUN, J.-H. and BAE, J.-W. 2013. Shimia haliotis sp. nov., a bacterium isolated from the gut of an abalone, Haliotis discus hannai. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 63, 4248-4253.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Shimia isoporae Chen et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) SW6 = SW-6 = BCRC 80085 = LMG 25377.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ976449.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. isoporae, of Isopora, isolated from a coral belonging to the genus Isopora.
Valid publication: CHEN (M.H.), SHEU (S.Y.), CHEN (C.A.), WANG (J.T.) and CHEN (W.M.): Shimia isoporae sp. nov., isolated from the reef-building coral Isopora palifera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 823-827.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Shimia marina Choi and Cho 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) CL-TA03 = JCM 13038 = KCCM 42117.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY962292.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. marina, of or belonging to the sea, marine.
Valid publication: CHOI (D.H.) and CHO (B.C.): Shimia marina gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel bacterium of the Roseobacter clade isolated from biofilm in a coastal fish farm. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1869-1873.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Shimia sagamensis Nogi et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also StrainInfo.net) JAMH 011=JCM 30583=DSM 29734.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA) for the type strain: LC008540.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. sagamensis, pertaining to Sagami Bay, where the type strain was isolated.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: NOGI, Y., MORI, K., UCHIDA, H. and HATADA, Y. 2015. Shimia sagamensis sp. nov., a marine bacterium isolated from cold-seep sediment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2786-2790.
Original article in IJSEM Online