Genus Streptohalobacillus
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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").
Streptohalobacillus Wang et al. 2011, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Streptohalobacillus salinus Wang et al. 2011.
Etymology: Gr. adj. streptos, pliant, bent; Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. masc. n. bacillus, stick, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Streptohalobacillus, a pliant or bent, salt (-loving) rod.
Valid publication: WANG (X.), XUE (Y.) and MA (Y.): Streptohalobacillus salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive, facultative anaerobe isolated from subsurface saline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1127-1132.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Streptohalobacillus salinus Wang et al. 2011, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H96B60 = CGMCC 1.7733 = DSM 22440.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FJ746578.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. salinus, salted, salty.
Valid publication: WANG (X.), XUE (Y.) and MA (Y.): Streptohalobacillus salinus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive, facultative anaerobe isolated from subsurface saline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1127-1132.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Note: The epithet salinus is a Latin masculine adjective, not a neo-Latin masculine adjective as cited by Wang et al. 2011.