Name: Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: So.li.ba.cil’lus. L. neut. n. solum, soil (can be noun or adjective); L. masc. n. Bacillus, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Solibacillus, a Bacillus-like organism isolated from soil

Gender: masculine (stem: Solibacill-)

Type species: Solibacillus silvestris (Rheims et al. 1999) Krishnamurthi et al. 2009

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Krishnamurthi S, Chakrabarti T, Stackebrandt E. Re-examination of the taxonomic position of Bacillus silvestris Rheims et al. 1999 and proposal to transfer it to Solibacillus gen. nov. as Solibacillus silvestris comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1054-1058.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Mual et al. 2016 Mual P, Singh NK, Verma A, Schumann P, Krishnamurthi S, Dastager S, Mayilraj S. Reclassification of Bacillus isronensisShivaji et al. 2009 as Solibacillus isronensis comb. nov. and emended description of genus Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2113-2120. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2767-2768.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Gupta and Patel 2020 Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821. 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:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Krishnamurthi et al. (2009) assigned this genus to the order Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Krishnamurthi S, Chakrabarti T, Stackebrandt E. Re-examination of the taxonomic position of Bacillus silvestris Rheims et al. 1999 and proposal to transfer it to Solibacillus gen. nov. as Solibacillus silvestris comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1054-1058.
  • 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Rheims H, Fruhling A, Schumann P, Rohde M, Stackebrandt E. Bacillus silvestris sp. nov., a new member of the genus Bacillus that contains lysine in its cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:795-802.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Solibaciluus".
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Shivaji et al. (2009). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10384 (N = 7).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; LMG: 3; JCM: 3; MTCC: 2; CCUG: 2; NCTC: 2; CGMCC: 2; NBRC: 1; KACC: 1; CIP: 1.
  • 🧍 The gender of the genus name is not provided by Krishnamurthi et al. 2009. According to Rule 65 (2), the genus Solibacillus must be in the masculine gender. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 8
Total number of child taxa: 10

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Solibacillus cecembensis (Reddy et al. 2008) Gupta and Patel 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Solibacillus daqui Liang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Solibacillus faecavium Pallen 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Solibacillus faecavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
    Solibacillus ferritrahens Liu et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Solibacillus isronensis (Shivaji et al. 2009) Mual et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Solibacillus kalamii Checinska Sielaff et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Solibacillus merdavium" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name
    Solibacillus palustris Jo et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Solibacillus silvestris (Rheims et al. 1999) Krishnamurthi et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821.

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