Name: Tersicoccus solisilvae Sultanpuram et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: so.li.sil’vae. L. neut. n. solum, soil (can be noun or adjective); L. fem. n. silva, forest; N.L. gen. fem. n. solisilvae, of/from forest soil

Pronunciation, gender: so-li-SIL-wa͡e, masculine

Type strain: 36A; CGMCC 1.15480; KCTC 33776

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16S rRNA gene: LT601574 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sultanpuram VR, Mothe T, Chintalapati S, Chintalapati VR. Tersicoccus solisilvae sp., nov., a bacterium isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5061-5065.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:525-528.

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. — 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Tersicoccus Vaishampayan et al. 2013

Assigned by: Sultanpuram VR, Mothe T, Chintalapati S, Chintalapati VR. Tersicoccus solisilvae sp., nov., a bacterium isolated from forest soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:5061-5065.

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Record number: 794981