Genus Fontibacillus
Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (→) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).
Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 4
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Fontibacillus Saha et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Fontibacillus aquaticus Saha et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. masc. n. fons fontis, a spring, fountain; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Fontibacillus, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from a spring.
Valid publication: SAHA (P.), KRISHNAMURTHI (S.), BHATTACHARYA (A.), SHARMA (R.) and CHAKRABARTI (T.): Fontibacillus aquaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a warm spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 422-428.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Fontibacillus Saha et al. 2010 emend. Lee et al. 2011.
Reference: LEE (K.C.), KIM (K.K.), EOM (M.K.), KIM (M.J.) and LEE (J.S.): Fontibacillus panacisegetis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 369-374.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Fontibacillus aquaticus Saha et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) GPTSA 19 = DSM 17643 = MTCC 7155.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ023221.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. aquaticus, living, growing, or found in or by water, aquatic, referring to the isolation of the type strain from water.
Valid publication: SAHA (P.), KRISHNAMURTHI (S.), BHATTACHARYA (A.), SHARMA (R.) and CHAKRABARTI (T.): Fontibacillus aquaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a warm spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 422-428.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Fontibacillus panacisegetis Lee et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P11-6 = CECT 7605 = KCTC 13564.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: GQ303568.
Etymology: N.L. n. Panax -acis, scientific name of ginseng; L. gen. n. segetis, of the soil; N.L. gen. n. panacisegetis, of soil of a ginseng field.
Valid publication: LEE (K.C.), KIM (K.K.), EOM (M.K.), KIM (M.J.) and LEE (J.S.): Fontibacillus panacisegetis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 369-374.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Fontibacillus phaseoli Flores-Felix et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BAPVE7B=LMG 27589=CECT 8333.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KF583881.
Etymology: -.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64 (2014), 2927-2929.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: FLORES-FELIX, J. D., MULAS, R., RAMIREZ-BAHENA, M. H., CUESTA, M. J., RIVAS, R., BRANAS, J., MULAS, D., GONZALEZ-ANDRES, F., PEIX, A. and VELAZQUEZ, E. 2014. Fontibacillus phaseoli sp. nov. isolated from Phaseolus vulgaris nodules. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek, 105, 23-28
Effective publication Online
Fontibacillus solani Ramírez-Bahena et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) A4STR04=CECT 8693=LMG 28458.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LN651195.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Etymology: -.
Source: Plant.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 165. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65 (2015), 2777-2783.
Validation List Online
Effective publication: Ramírez-Bahena, M.-H., Flores-Félix, J.D., Cuesta, M.J., Tejedor Gil, C., Palomo, J.L., García Benavides, P., Igual, J.M., Fernández Pascual, M., Velázquez, E. and Peix, A. 2015. Fontibacillus solani sp. nov. isolated from potato (Solanum tuberosum L.) root. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 107, 1315-1321.
Effective publication Online