Solibacillus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Solibacillus

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Solibacillus silvestris (Rheims et al. 1999) Krishnamurthi et al. 2009.
Etymology: L. n. solum, soil; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod, and also a bacterial genus (Bacillus); N.L. masc. n. Solibacillus, a Bacillus-like organism isolated from soil.
Reference: KRISHNAMURTHI (S.), CHAKRABARTI (T.) and 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The gender of the generic name is not provided by Krishnamurthi et al. 2009. According to Rule 65 (2), the genus Solibacillus must be in the masculine gender.

Solibacillus silvestris (Rheims et al. 1999) Krishnamurthi et al. 2009, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain HR3-23 = ATCC BAA-269 = CIP 106059 = DSM 12223 = LMG 18991.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ006086.
Basonym: ¤ Bacillus silvestris Rheims et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. silvestris, of or belonging to a wood or forest, isolated from a forest.
Reference: KRISHNAMURTHI (S.), CHAKRABARTI (T.) and 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.
Original article in IJSEM Online