Genus Caldibacillus
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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").
Caldibacillus Coorevits et al. 2012, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Caldibacillus debilis Coorevits et al. 2012.
Etymology: L. adj. caldus, warm, hot; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff or rod; N.L. masc. n. Caldibacillus, warm bacillus, referring to the organism’s thermophily.
Valid publication: COOREVITS (A.), DINSDALE (A.E.), HALKET (G.), LEBBE (L.), DE VOS (P.), VAN LANDSCHOOT (A.) and LOGAN (N.A.): Taxonomic revision of the genus Geobacillus: emendation of Geobacillus, G. stearothermophilus, G. jurassicus, G. toebii, G. thermodenitrificans and G. thermoglucosidans (nom. corrig., formerly 'thermoglucosidasius'); transfer of Bacillus thermantarcticus to the genus as G. thermantarcticus comb. nov.; proposal of Caldibacillus debilis gen. nov., comb. nov.; transfer of G. tepidamans to Anoxybacillus as A. tepidamans comb. nov.; and proposal of Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1470-1485.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caldibacillus debilis (Banat et al. 2004) Coorevits et al. 2012, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Tf = R-35653 = DSM 16016 = LMG 23386 = NCIMB 13995.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN428699.
Basonym: ¤ Geobacillus debilis Banat et al. 2004.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. debilis, feeble, weak, referring to the restricted substrate range for this species.
Valid publication: COOREVITS (A.), DINSDALE (A.E.), HALKET (G.), LEBBE (L.), DE VOS (P.), VAN LANDSCHOOT (A.) and LOGAN (N.A.): Taxonomic revision of the genus Geobacillus: emendation of Geobacillus, G. stearothermophilus, G. jurassicus, G. toebii, G. thermodenitrificans and G. thermoglucosidans (nom. corrig., formerly 'thermoglucosidasius'); transfer of Bacillus thermantarcticus to the genus as G. thermantarcticus comb. nov.; proposal of Caldibacillus debilis gen. nov., comb. nov.; transfer of G. tepidamans to Anoxybacillus as A. tepidamans comb. nov.; and proposal of Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1470-1485.
Original article in IJSEM Online