Genus Filobacillus
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Filobacillus Schlesner et al. 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Filobacillus milosensis corrig. Schlesner et al. 2001.
Etymology: L. neut. n. filum, thread; L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Filobacillus, a thread-like rod.
Valid publication: SCHLESNER (H.), LAWSON (P.A.), COLLINS (M.D.), WEISS (N.), WEHMEYER (U.), VÖLKER (H.) and THOMM (M.): Filobacillus milensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new halophilic spore-forming bacterium with Orn-D-Glu-type peptidoglycan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 425-431.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Filobacillus milosensis corrig. Schlesner et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SH 714 = ATCC 700960= CIP 107088 = DSM 13259 = JCM 12288.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ238042.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. milosensis, from the island Milos, Greece, where the organism was isolated.
Valid publication: SCHLESNER (H.), LAWSON (P.A.), COLLINS (M.D.), WEISS (N.), WEHMEYER (U.), VÖLKER (H.) and THOMM (M.): Filobacillus milensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new halophilic spore-forming bacterium with Orn-D-Glu-type peptidoglycan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 425-431.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Notes:
1 The original spelling of the specific epithet milensis (sic), has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM.
Reference: LIST EDITOR, IJSEM: Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2, of the IJSEM. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 795-796.
Notification List in IJSEM Online
2 The specific epithet milosensis [milensis (sic)] is a Neo Latin adjective not a Neo Latin noun in the genitive case as cited by Schlesner et al. 2001.