Genus Aquisalibacillus
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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").
Aquisalibacillus Márquez et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Aquisalibacillus elongatus Márquez et al. 2008.
Etymology: L. n. aqua, water; L. n. sal salis, salt; L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Aquisalibacillus, a rod living in salt water.
Valid publication: MÁRQUEZ (M.C.), CARRASCO (I.J.), XUE (Y.), MA (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), JONES (B.E.), GRANT (W.D.) and VENTOSA (A.): Aquisalibacillus elongatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium of the family Bacillaceae isolated from a saline lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1922-1926.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Aquisalibacillus elongatus Márquez et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SH4s = CCM 7366 = CECT 7149 = DSM 18090.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM911047.
Etymology: L. masc. part. adj. elongatus, elongated, stretched out.
Valid publication: MÁRQUEZ (M.C.), CARRASCO (I.J.), XUE (Y.), MA (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), JONES (B.E.), GRANT (W.D.) and VENTOSA (A.): Aquisalibacillus elongatus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium of the family Bacillaceae isolated from a saline lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1922-1926.
Original article in IJSEM Online