Silicimonas

Silicimonas is a Gram-negative, aerobic and non-motile genus of bacteria from the family of Rhodobacteraceae with one known species, Silicimonas algicola.^[1][2][3][4] Silicimonas algicola has been isolated from the diatom Thalassiosira delicatula from France.^[5][4]

Silicimonas
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Kingdom:	Pseudomonadati
Phylum:	Pseudomonadota
Class:	Alphaproteobacteria
Order:	Rhodobacterales
Family:	Rhodobacteraceae
Genus:	Silicimonas Crenn et al. 2016[1]
Type species
Silicimonas algicola[1]
Species
S. algicola[1]