Genus Viridibacillus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Viridibacillus Albert et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Viridibacillus arvi (Heyrman et al. 2005) Albert et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. adj. viridis, green; L. masc. n. bacillus, rod: N.L. masc. n. Viridibacillus, the green bacillus/rod.
Valid publication: ALBERT (R.A.), ARCHAMBAULT (J.), LEMPA (M.), HURST (B.), RICHARDSON (C.), GRUENLOH (S.), DURAN (M.), WORLICZEK (H.L.), HUBER (B.E.), ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.), SCHUMANN (P.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Proposal of Viridibacillus gen. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus arvi, Bacillus arenosi and Bacillus neidei as Viridibacillus arvi gen. nov., comb. nov., Viridibacillus arenosi comb. nov. and Viridibacillus neidei comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2729-2737.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Viridibacillus arenosi (Heyrman et al. 2005) Albert et al. 2007, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 16319 = LMG 22166.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ627212.
Basonym: ¤ Bacillus arenosi Heyrman et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. gen. n. arenosi, of a sandy place.
Valid publication: ALBERT (R.A.), ARCHAMBAULT (J.), LEMPA (M.), HURST (B.), RICHARDSON (C.), GRUENLOH (S.), DURAN (M.), WORLICZEK (H.L.), HUBER (B.E.), ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.), SCHUMANN (P.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Proposal of Viridibacillus gen. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus arvi, Bacillus arenosi and Bacillus neidei as Viridibacillus arvi gen. nov., comb. nov., Viridibacillus arenosi comb. nov. and Viridibacillus neidei comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2729-2737.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Viridibacillus arvi (Heyrman et al. 2005) Albert et al. 2007, comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 16317 = LMG 22165.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AJ627211.
Basonym: ¤ Bacillus arvi Heyrman et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. gen. n. arvi, of a field.
Valid publication: ALBERT (R.A.), ARCHAMBAULT (J.), LEMPA (M.), HURST (B.), RICHARDSON (C.), GRUENLOH (S.), DURAN (M.), WORLICZEK (H.L.), HUBER (B.E.), ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.), SCHUMANN (P.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Proposal of Viridibacillus gen. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus arvi, Bacillus arenosi and Bacillus neidei as Viridibacillus arvi gen. nov., comb. nov., Viridibacillus arenosi comb. nov. and Viridibacillus neidei comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2729-2737.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Viridibacillus neidei (Nakamura et al. 2002) Albert et al. 2007, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) DSM 15031 = NRRL BD-87 = JCM 11077.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF169520.
Basonym: ¤ Bacillus neidei Nakamura et al. 2002.
Etymology: N.L. gen. n. neidei, of Neide, in recognition of the early microbiologist E. Neide.
Valid publication: ALBERT (R.A.), ARCHAMBAULT (J.), LEMPA (M.), HURST (B.), RICHARDSON (C.), GRUENLOH (S.), DURAN (M.), WORLICZEK (H.L.), HUBER (B.E.), ROSSELLÓ-MORA (R.), SCHUMANN (P.) and BUSSE (H.J.): Proposal of Viridibacillus gen. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus arvi, Bacillus arenosi and Bacillus neidei as Viridibacillus arvi gen. nov., comb. nov., Viridibacillus arenosi comb. nov. and Viridibacillus neidei comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2729-2737.
Original article in IJSEM Online