Genus Caenibacillus
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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").
Caenibacillus Tsujimoto et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Caenibacillus caldisaponilyticus Tsujimoto et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. neut. n. caenum, mud; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod, and also a bacterial genus name (Bacillus); N.L. masc. n. Caenibacillus, a Bacillus -like organism that inhabits compost.
Valid publication: TSUJIMOTO, Y., SAITO, R., FURUYA, H., ISHIHARA, D., SAHARA, T., KIMURA, N., NISHINO, T., TSURUOKA, N., SHIGERI, Y. and WATANABE, K. 2016. Caenibacillus caldisaponilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, spore-forming and phospholipid-degrading bacterium isolated from acidulocompost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2684-2690.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caenibacillus caldisaponilyticus Tsujimoto et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) B157=NBRC 111400=DSM 101100.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC062711.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: L. adj. caldus, hot, L. n. sapo, -onis soap, N.L. adj. lyticus, -a, -um (from Gr. adj. lutikos, -ê -on), able to loosen, able to dissolve; N.L. adj. caldisaponilyticus, soap-dissolving at high temperature.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: TSUJIMOTO, Y., SAITO, R., FURUYA, H., ISHIHARA, D., SAHARA, T., KIMURA, N., NISHINO, T., TSURUOKA, N., SHIGERI, Y. and WATANABE, K. 2016. Caenibacillus caldisaponilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, spore-forming and phospholipid-degrading bacterium isolated from acidulocompost. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 2684-2690.
Original article in IJSEM Online