Name: Fictibacillus solisalsi (Liu et al. 2009) Glaeser et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus solisalsi Liu et al. 2009

Etymology: so.li.sal’si. L. neut. n. solum, -i soil (can be noun or adjective); L. adj. salsus -a -um, salty; N.L. gen. neut. n. solisalsi, of a salty soil

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6854; DSM 25243; JCM 14863; KCTC 13181; YC1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU046268 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Glaeser SP, Dott W, Busse HJ, Kampfer P. Fictibacillus phosphorivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. and proposal to reclassify Bacillus arsenicus, Bacillus barbaricus, Bacillus macauensis, Bacillus nanhaiensis, Bacillus rigui, Bacillus solisalsi and Bacillus gelatini in the genus Fictibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2934-2944.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus solisalsi Liu et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03808 (N = 68).
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fictibacillus Glaeser et al. 2013

Assigned by: Glaeser SP, Dott W, Busse HJ, Kampfer P. Fictibacillus phosphorivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. and proposal to reclassify Bacillus arsenicus, Bacillus barbaricus, Bacillus macauensis, Bacillus nanhaiensis, Bacillus rigui, Bacillus solisalsi and Bacillus gelatini in the genus Fictibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2934-2944.

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Record number: 791005