Name: Terricaulis silvestris Vieira et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sil.ves’tris. L. masc. adj. silvestris, referring to the forest soil from which the type strain was isolated

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

Type strain: 0127_4; CECT 9243; DSM 104635

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16S rRNA gene: MN833493 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vieira S, Pascual J, Boedeker C, Geppert A, Riedel T, Rohde M, Overmann J. Terricaulis silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel prosthecate, budding member of the family Caulobacteraceae isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4966-4977. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6021-6023.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Vitreimonas silvestris" (Vieira et al. 2020) Hallgren et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Terricaulis Vieira et al. 2020. Publication: Vieira S, Pascual J, Boedeker C, Geppert A, Riedel T, Rohde M, Overmann J. Terricaulis silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel prosthecate, budding member of the family Caulobacteraceae isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4966-4977. 🇩🇪
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Terricaulis Vieira et al. 2020

Assigned by: Vieira S, Pascual J, Boedeker C, Geppert A, Riedel T, Rohde M, Overmann J. Terricaulis silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel prosthecate, budding member of the family Caulobacteraceae isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4966-4977. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 12155