Name: Jeotgalibacillus terrae Srinivas et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter’rae. L. gen. fem. n. terrae, of the earth

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 22174; JSM 81008; KCTC 13528

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ527421 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Srinivas A, Divyasree B, Sasikala C, Tushar L, Bharti D, Ramana CV. Description of Jeotgalibacillus alkaliphilus sp. nov., isolated from a solar salt pan, and Jeotgalibacillus terrae sp. nov., a name to replace 'Jeotgalibacillus soli' Chen et al. 2010. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5167-5172.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Jeotgalibacillus soli" Chen et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • Replaces the illegitimate homonym Jeotgalibacillus soli (Chen et al. 2010) of the validly published name Jeotgalibacillus soli (Cunha et al. 2012). Publication: Cunha S, Tiago I, Paiva G, Nobre F, da Costa MS, Verissimo A. Jeotgalibacillus soli sp. nov., a Gram-stain-positive bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:608-612.
  • Replaces the illegitimate name ‘Jeotgalibacillus soli’ (Chen et al. 2010), which is a homonym of the validly published name Jeotgalibacillus soli (Cunha et al., 2012), yielding Jeotgalibacillus terrae sp. nov. Srinivas et al. 2016. Publication: Cunha S, Tiago I, Paiva G, Nobre F, da Costa MS, Verissimo A. Jeotgalibacillus soli sp. nov., a Gram-stain-positive bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:608-612.

Parent taxon: Jeotgalibacillus Yoon et al. 2001

Assigned by: Srinivas A, Divyasree B, Sasikala C, Tushar L, Bharti D, Ramana CV. Description of Jeotgalibacillus alkaliphilus sp. nov., isolated from a solar salt pan, and Jeotgalibacillus terrae sp. nov., a name to replace 'Jeotgalibacillus soli' Chen et al. 2010. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5167-5172.

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Record number: 794913