Genus Gracilibacillus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 13
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).
Gracilibacillus Wainø et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Gracilibacillus halotolerans Wainø et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. adj. gracilis, slender; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Gracilibacillus, the slender bacillus/rod.
Valid publication: WAINØ (M.), TINDALL (B.J.), SCHUMANN (P.) and INGVORSEN (K.): Gracilibacillus gen. nov., with description of Gracilibacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.; transfer of Bacillus dipsosauri to Gracilibacillus dipsosauri comb. nov., and Bacillus salexigens to the genus Salibacillus gen. nov., as Salibacillus salexigens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 821-831.
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→ Gracilibacillus Wainø et al. 1999 emend. Hirota et al. 2014.
Reference: HIROTA, K., HANAOKA, Y., NODASAKA, Y. and YUMOTO, I. 2014. Gracilibacillus alcaliphilus sp. nov., a facultative alkaliphile isolated from indigo fermentation liquor for dyeing. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 64, 3174-3180.
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Gracilibacillus alcaliphilus Hirota et al. 2014, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SG103=JCM 17253=NCIMB 14683.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB854047.
Etymology: N.L. n. alcali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; M.L. masc. adj. alcaliphilus, liking alkaline media.
Source: Industrial.
Valid publication:
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Effective publication: HIROTA, K., HANAOKA, Y., NODASAKA, Y. and YUMOTO, I. . Gracilibacillus alcaliphilus sp. nov., a facultative alkaliphile isolated from indigo fermentation liquor for dyeing.
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Gracilibacillus boraciitolerans Ahmed et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) T-16X = ATCC BAA-1190 = DSM 17256 = IAM 15263 = JCM 21714.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB197126.
Etymology: N.L. n. boracium, boron; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. boraciitolerans, boron-tolerating.
Valid publication: AHMED (I.), YOKOTA (A.) and FUJIWARA (T.): Gracilibacillus boraciitolerans sp. nov., a highly boron-tolerant and moderately halotolerant bacterium isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 796-802.
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Gracilibacillus bigeumensis Kim et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BH097 = DSM 19028 = KCTC 13130.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF520006.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. bigeumensis, of or belonging to Bigeum Island, Korea, the source of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: KIM (P.), LEE (J.C.), PARK (D.J.), SHIN (K.S.), KIM (J.Y.) and KIM (C.J.): Gracilibacillus bigeumensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from solar saltern soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1857-1863.
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Gracilibacillus dipsosauri (Lawson et al. 1996) Wainø et al. 1999, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DD1 = ATCC 700347= CIP 105095 = DSM 11125 = LMG 17413 = NCIMB 703027 (formerly NCFB 3027) = NRRL B-23348.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB101591.
Basonym: ¤ Bacillus dipsosauri Lawson et al. 1996.
Etymology: N.L. n. Dipsosaurus, scientific genus name of the desert iguana; N.L. gen. n. dipsosauri, of the desert iguana because it was first isolated from the nasal salt glands of the desert iguana.
Valid publication: WAINØ (M.), TINDALL (B.J.), SCHUMANN (P.) and INGVORSEN (K.): Gracilibacillus gen. nov., with description of Gracilibacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.; transfer of Bacillus dipsosauri to Gracilibacillus dipsosauri comb. nov., and Bacillus salexigens to the genus Salibacillus gen. nov., as Salibacillus salexigens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 821-831.
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Gracilibacillus halophilus Chen et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM-C55.5 = CGMCC 1.6303 = DSM 17856.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU135704.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. adj. philos), loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving.
Valid publication: CHEN (Y.G.), CUI (X.L.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), LI (W.J.), WANG (Y.X.), XU (L.H.), PENG (Q), WEN (M.L.) and JIANG (C.L.): Gracilibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2403-2408.
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Gracilibacillus halotolerans Wainø et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NN = ATCC 700849= DSM 11805 = JCM 10718.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF036922.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating.
Valid publication: WAINØ (M.), TINDALL (B.J.), SCHUMANN (P.) and INGVORSEN (K.): Gracilibacillus gen. nov., with description of Gracilibacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.; transfer of Bacillus dipsosauri to Gracilibacillus dipsosauri comb. nov., and Bacillus salexigens to the genus Salibacillus gen. nov., as Salibacillus salexigens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 821-831.
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Gracilibacillus kekensis Gao et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) K170 = CGMCC 1.10681 = DSM 23178.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HQ439902.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. kekensis, of or belonging to Keke Salt Lake in China, where the bacterium was isolated.
Valid publication: GAO (M.), LIU (Z.Z.), ZHOU (Y.G.), LIU (H.C.), MA (Y.C.), WANG (L.), CHEN (S.F.) and JI (X.C.): Gracilibacillus kekensis sp. nov., a moderate halophile isolated from Keke Salt Lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 1032-1036.
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Gracilibacillus lacisalsi Jeon et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) BH312 = DSM 19029 = KCTC 13129.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ664540.
Etymology: L. masc. n. lacus, lake; L. adj. salsus, salted, salt; N.L. gen. n. lacisalsi, of a salt lake.
Valid publication: JEON (C.O.), LIM (J.M.), JANG (H.H.), PARK (D.J.), XU (L.H.), JIANG (C.L.) and KIM (C.J.): Gracilibacillus lacisalsi sp. nov., a halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a salt lake in China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2282-2286.
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Gracilibacillus massiliensis Diop et al. 2017, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Awa-1=CSUR P1441=DSM 29726.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LN626645.
Whole-genome sequence accession no.: CZRP00000000.
Etymology: L. adj. massiliensis, relating to Massilia, the ancient Roman name of Marseille, France, where the type strain was isolated and characterized, like many other species.
Source: Food and drink.
Valid publication: VALIDATION LIST no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67 (2017), 1095-1098.
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Effective publication: DIOP, A., KHELAIFIA, S., ARMSTRONG, N., LABAS, N., FOURNIER, P. E., RAOULT, D. and MILLION, M. 2016. Microbial culturomics unravels the halophilic microbiota repertoire of table salt: description of Gracilibacillus massiliensis sp. nov. Microbial ecology in health and disease, 27, 32049.
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Gracilibacillus orientalis Carrasco et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) XH-63 = AS 1.4250 = CCM 7326 = CECT 7097.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM040716.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. orientalis, eastern, bacterium inhabiting the East.
Valid publication: CARRASCO (I.J.), MÁRQUEZ (M.C.), YANFEN (X.), MA (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), JONES (B.E.), GRANT (W.D.) and VENTOSA (A.): Gracilibacillus orientalis sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in Inner Mongolia, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 599-604.
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Gracilibacillus saliphilus Tang et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) YIM 91119 = CCTCC AA 208015 = DSM 19802.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU784646.
Etymology: L. n. sal salis, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. saliphilus, salt-loving.
Valid publication: TANG (S.K.), WANG (Y.), LOU (K.), MAO (P.H.), JIN (X.), JIANG (C.L.), XU (L.H.) and LI (W.J.): Gracilibacillus saliphilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1620-1624.
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Gracilibacillus thailandensis Chamroensaksri et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) TP2-8 = JCM 15569 = PCU 304 = TISTR 1881.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ182214.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. thailandensis, of or pertaining to Thailand, where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: CHAMROENSAKSRI (N.), TANASUPAWAT (S.), AKARACHARANYA (A.), VISESSANGUAN (W.), KUDO (T.) and ITOH (T.): Gracilibacillus thailandensis sp. nov., from fermented fish (pla-ra). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 944-948.
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Gracilibacillus ureilyticus Huo et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MF38 = CGMCC 1.7727 = JCM 15711.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EU709020.
Etymology: N.L. n. urea, urea; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus (from Gr. masc. adj. lutikos), able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. ureilyticus, urea-dissolving.
Valid publication: HUO (Y.Y.), XU (X.W.), CUI (H.L.) and WU (M.): Gracilibacillus ureilyticus sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium from a saline–alkaline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1383-1386.
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