Name: Vicinamibacter silvestris Huber et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Ac_5_C6; DSM 29464; LMG 29035

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16S rRNA gene: KP761690 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Huber KJ, Geppert AM, Wanner G, Fosel BU, Wust PK, Overmann J. The first representative of the globally widespread subdivision 6 Acidobacteria,Vicinamibacter silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subtropical savannah soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2971-2979.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Vicinamibacter Huber et al. 2016. Publication: Huber KJ, Geppert AM, Wanner G, Fosel BU, Wust PK, Overmann J. The first representative of the globally widespread subdivision 6 Acidobacteria,Vicinamibacter silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subtropical savannah soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2971-2979.
  • 😷 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: Vicinamibacter Huber et al. 2016

Assigned by: Huber KJ, Geppert AM, Wanner G, Fosel BU, Wust PK, Overmann J. The first representative of the globally widespread subdivision 6 Acidobacteria,Vicinamibacter silvestris gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from subtropical savannah soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2971-2979.

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Record number: 794351