Solibacillus

Solibacillus is a genus of Gram positive, rod shaped, spore-forming bacteria.

Solibacillus
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Division:
Firmicutes
Class:
Bacilli
Order:
Bacillales
Family:
Planococcaceae
Genus:
Solibacillus

Krishnamurthi 2009
Species

S. isronensis
 S. kalamii
 S. silvestris

The first member of Solibacillus was first isolated in 1999, and was originally called Bacillus silvestris. However, further studies on B. silvestris found that the organism belonged in a separate genus. Solibacillus silvestris was proposed, referring to its original designation as a member of Bacillus, and the fact that the species was first isolated from soil.[1][2] Bacillus isronensis was later reclassified as Solibacillus isronensis.[3] S. isronensis was isolated from cryotubes that were used to collect air samples from high altitudes, and S. kalamii was found in an air filter from the International Space Station.[4]

References
  1. 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. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2009 May 1;59(5):1054-8.
  2. Rheims H, Frühling A, Schumann P, Rohde M, Stackebrandt E. Bacillus silvestris sp. nov., a new member of the genus Bacillus that contains lysine in its cell wall. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 1999 Apr 1;49(2):795-802.
  3. Mual P, Singh NK, Verma A, Schumann P, Krishnamurthi S, Dastager S, Mayilraj S. Reclassification of Bacillus isronensisShivaji et al. 2009 as Solibacillus isronensis comb. nov. and emended description of genus Solibacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2009. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2016 May 1;66(5):2113-20.
  4. Sielaff AC, Kumar RM, Pal D, Mayilraj S, Venkateswaran K. Solibacillus kalamii sp. nov., isolated from a high-efficiency particulate arrestance filter system used in the International Space Station. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 2017 May 5;67(4):896-901.
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