Name: Georgenia soli Kämpfer et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: so’li. L. gen. neut. n. soli, of soil, the source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ge-or-GE-ni-a SO-li, feminine

Type strain: CCM 7658; CC-NMPT-T3; DSM 21838

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN356976 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Arun AB, Busse HJ, Langer S, Young CC, Chen WM, Schumann P, Syed AA, Rekha PD. Georgenia soli sp. nov., isolated from iron-ore-contaminated soil in India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1027-1030. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1715-1716.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Nouioui et al. 2018 Nouioui I, Carro L, Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Pukall R, Klenk HP, Goodfellow M, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of the Phylum Actinobacteria. Front Microbiol 2018; 9:2007. 🇩🇪 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 29. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:13-32.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06542 (N = 2).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Georgenia Altenburger et al. 2002

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Arun AB, Busse HJ, Langer S, Young CC, Chen WM, Schumann P, Syed AA, Rekha PD. Georgenia soli sp. nov., isolated from iron-ore-contaminated soil in India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1027-1030. 🇩🇪

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