Name: Alkalibacillus silvisoli Usami et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sil.vi.so’li. L. fem. n. silva, forest; L. neut. n. solum, soil (can be noun or adjective); N.L. gen. neut. n. silvisoli, of forest soil, the source of isolation of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BM2; DSM 18495; JCM 14193

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16S rRNA gene: AB264528 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Usami R, Echigo A, Fukushima T, Mizuki T, Yoshida Y, Kamekura M. Alkalibacillus silvisoli sp. nov., an alkaliphilic moderate halophile isolated from non-saline forest soil in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:770-774.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1374-1375.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Alkalibacillus Jeon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Usami R, Echigo A, Fukushima T, Mizuki T, Yoshida Y, Kamekura M. Alkalibacillus silvisoli sp. nov., an alkaliphilic moderate halophile isolated from non-saline forest soil in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:770-774.

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