Name: Solibacillus silvestris (Rheims et al. 1999) Krishnamurthi et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus silvestris Rheims et al. 1999

Etymology: sil.ves’tris. L. masc. adj. silvestris, of or belonging to a wood or forest, isolated from a forest

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-269; CIP 106059; DSM 12223; HR3-23; LMG 18991

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ006086 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Krishnamurthi S, Chakrabarti T, Stackebrandt E. Re-examination of the taxonomic position of Bacillus silvestris Rheims et al. 1999 and proposal to transfer it to Solibacillus gen. nov. as Solibacillus silvestris comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1054-1058.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus silvestris Rheims et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009. Publication: Krishnamurthi S, Chakrabarti T, Stackebrandt E. Re-examination of the taxonomic position of Bacillus silvestris Rheims et al. 1999 and proposal to transfer it to Solibacillus gen. nov. as Solibacillus silvestris comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1054-1058.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 21 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: Krishnamurthi S, Chakrabarti T, Stackebrandt E. Re-examination of the taxonomic position of Bacillus silvestris Rheims et al. 1999 and proposal to transfer it to Solibacillus gen. nov. as Solibacillus silvestris comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1054-1058.

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