Name: Silvimonas terrae Yang et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 18233; JCM 21671; KCTC 12358; KM-45; NBRC 100961

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB194302 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang HC, Im WT, An DS, Park WS, Kim IS, Lee ST. Silvimonas terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading facultative anaerobe belonging to the 'Betaproteobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2329-2332.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Silvimonas Yang et al. 2005. Publication: Yang HC, Im WT, An DS, Park WS, Kim IS, Lee ST. Silvimonas terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading facultative anaerobe belonging to the 'Betaproteobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2329-2332.
  • 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Silvimonas Yang et al. 2005

Assigned by: Yang HC, Im WT, An DS, Park WS, Kim IS, Lee ST. Silvimonas terrae gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel chitin-degrading facultative anaerobe belonging to the 'Betaproteobacteria'. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2329-2332.

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Record number: 780925