Name: Marmoricola silvestris Schumann et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sil.ves’tris. L. masc. adj. silvestris, of or belonging to a forest, referring to the isolation source of the strain from forest soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … sil-WES-tris, masculine

Type strain: DSM 104694; LMG 30008; S20-100

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: KP899230 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schumann P, Zhang DC, Franca L, Margesin R. Marmoricola silvestris sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from alpine forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1313-1318. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: orphaned species

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Nocardioides silvestris" (Schumann et al. 2018) Wang et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Marmoricola silvestris is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Marmoricola.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Marmoricola Urzì et al. 2000

Assigned by: Schumann P, Zhang DC, Franca L, Margesin R. Marmoricola silvestris sp. nov., a novel actinobacterium isolated from alpine forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1313-1318. 🇦🇹

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Record number: 797653