Genus Piscibacillus
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: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Piscibacillus Tanasupawat et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Piscibacillus salipiscarius Tanasupawat et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. n. piscis, fish; L. masc. n. bacillus, small rod; N.L. masc. n. Piscibacillus, a rod from fish.
Valid publication: TANASUPAWAT (S.), NAMWONG (S.), KUDO (T.) and ITOH (T.): Piscibacillus salipiscarius gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from fermented fish (pla-ra) in Thailand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1413-1417.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Piscibacillus halophilus Amoozegar et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: strain HS224 = CCM 7596 = DSM 21633 = JCM 15721 = LMG 24786.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FM864227.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving.
Valid publication: AMOOZEGAR (M.A.), SÁNCHEZ-PORRO (C.), ROHBAN (R.), HAJIGHASEMI (M.) and VENTOSA (A.): Piscibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a hypersaline Iranian lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 3095-3099.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Piscibacillus salipiscarius Tanasupawat et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) RBU1-1 = JCM 13188 = PCU 270 = TISTR 1571.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB194046.
Etymology: L. n. sal salis, salt; L. adj. piscarius, of or belonging to fish; N.L. masc. adj. salipiscarius, of or belonging to a salted fish.
Valid publication: TANASUPAWAT (S.), NAMWONG (S.), KUDO (T.) and ITOH (T.): Piscibacillus salipiscarius gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from fermented fish (pla-ra) in Thailand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1413-1417.
Original article in IJSEM Online