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:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Replaces the illegitimate homonym Jeotgalibacillus soli (Chen et al. 2010) of the validly published name Jeotgalibacillus soli (Cunha et al. 2012). — 🧍 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