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./fem. 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

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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 18 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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