Name: Solibacillus isronensis (Shivaji et al. 2009) Mual et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus isronensis Shivaji et al. 2009

Etymology: is.ro.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. isronensis, arbitrary name pertaining to ISRO, the acronym of the Indian Space Research Organization, which largely funded the studies in which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: is-ro-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: B3W22; DSM 21046; JCM 13838; MTCC 7902

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF114311 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mual P, Singh NK, Verma A, Schumann P, Krishnamurthi S, Dastager S, Mayilraj S. Reclassification of Bacillus isronensisShivaji et al. 2009 as Solibacillus isronensis comb. nov. and emended description of genus Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2113-2120.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2767-2768.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus isronensis Shivaji et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009

Assigned by: Mual P, Singh NK, Verma A, Schumann P, Krishnamurthi S, Dastager S, Mayilraj S. Reclassification of Bacillus isronensisShivaji et al. 2009 as Solibacillus isronensis comb. nov. and emended description of genus Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2113-2120.

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Record number: 794116