Genus Allobacillus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Allobacillus Sheu et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Allobacillus halotolerans Sheu et al. 2011.
Etymology: Gr. pref. -allos, another; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff or rod; N.L. masc. n. Allobacillus, another bacillus or rod.
Valid publication: SHEU (S.Y.), ARUN (A.B.), JIANG (S.R.), YOUNG (C.C.) and CHEN (W.M.): Allobacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from shrimp paste. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1023-1027.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Allobacillus halotolerans Sheu et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B3A = BCRC 17939 = LMG 24826.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ347755.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating.
Valid publication: SHEU (S.Y.), ARUN (A.B.), JIANG (S.R.), YOUNG (C.C.) and CHEN (W.M.): Allobacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from shrimp paste. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1023-1027.
Original article in IJSEM Online