Name: Solibacillus kalamii Checinska Sielaff et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ka.lam’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kalamii, referring to Abdul Kalam, a well-known scientist who advanced space research in India

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 101595; ISSFR-015; NRRL B-65388

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT763359 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Checinska Sielaff A, Kumar RM, Pal D, Mayilraj S, Venkateswaran K. Solibacillus kalamii sp. nov., isolated from a high-efficiency particulate arrestance filter system used in the International Space Station. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:896-901.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2079-2080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009

Assigned by: Checinska Sielaff A, Kumar RM, Pal D, Mayilraj S, Venkateswaran K. Solibacillus kalamii sp. nov., isolated from a high-efficiency particulate arrestance filter system used in the International Space Station. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:896-901.

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Record number: 795171