Genus Paralkalibacillus
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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").
Paralkalibacillus Hirota et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Paralkalibacillus indicireducens Hirota et al. 2017.
Etymology: Gr. prep. para, resembling; N.L. masc. n. Alkalibacillus, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Paralkalibacillus, resembling the genus Alkalibacillus.
Valid publication: HIROTA, K., NISHITA, M., MATSUYAMA, H. and YUMOTO, I. 2017. Paralkalibacillus indicireducens gen., nov., sp. nov., an indigo-reducing obligate alkaliphile isolated from indigo fermentation liquor used for dyeing. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4050-4056.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Paralkalibacillus indicireducens Hirota et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Bps-1=JCM 31808=NCIMB 15080.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC197841.
Etymology: L. neut. n. indicum, indigo; L. pres. part. reducens, bringing or leading back, used to mean ‘reducing’; N.L. part. adj. indicireducens, indigo-reducing.
Source: Industrial/agricultural.
Valid publication: HIROTA, K., NISHITA, M., MATSUYAMA, H. and YUMOTO, I. 2017. Paralkalibacillus indicireducens gen., nov., sp. nov., an indigo-reducing obligate alkaliphile isolated from indigo fermentation liquor used for dyeing. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 4050-4056.
Original article in IJSEM Online