Genus Tenuibacillus
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Tenuibacillus Ren and Zhou 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Tenuibacillus multivorans Ren and Zhou 2005.
Etymology: L. adj. tenuis, slender, fine, thin; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff, a wand; N.L. masc. n. Tenuibacillus, a slender rod.
Valid publication: REN (P.G.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Tenuibacillus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil in Xin-Jiang, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 95-99.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Tenuibacillus multivorans Ren and Zhou 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 28-1 = AS 1.3442 = NBRC 100370.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY319933.
Etymology: L. adj. multus, many; L. part. adj. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. multivorans, devouring numerous kinds of substrates.
Valid publication: REN (P.G.) and ZHOU (P.J.): Tenuibacillus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil in Xin-Jiang, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 95-99.
Original article in IJSEM Online