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Genus "Acidibacillus"
Name: "Acidibacillus" Holanda et al. 2015
Etymology: A.ci.di.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Acidibacillus
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Acidibacill-), a-ki-di-ba-KIL-lus
Type species: "Acidibacillus ferrooxidans" Holanda et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Original publication:
Holanda R, Hedrich S, Falagan C, Nancucheo I, Dall'Agnol H, Grail BM, Johnson DB. Characteristics of Acidibacillus Spp.: A Novel Genus of Acidophilic Iron-Oxidising Firmicutes. AMR 2015; 1130:36-39. 
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Nomenclatural status: not validly published
Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)
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Notes:
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🧕 Holanda et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001.
Publication:
Holanda R, Hedrich S, Falagan C, Nancucheo I, Dall'Agnol H, Grail BM, Johnson DB. Characteristics of Acidibacillus Spp.: A Novel Genus of Acidophilic Iron-Oxidising Firmicutes. AMR 2015; 1130:36-39. 🇬🇧
- 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).
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🧕 Holanda et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001.
Publication:
Holanda R, Hedrich S, Falagan C, Nancucheo I, Dall'Agnol H, Grail BM, Johnson DB. Characteristics of Acidibacillus Spp.: A Novel Genus of Acidophilic Iron-Oxidising Firmicutes. AMR 2015; 1130:36-39.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Acidibacillus ferrooxidans" Holanda et al. 2015 not validly published preferred name "Acidibacillus sulfooxidans" Holanda et al. 2015 not validly published preferred name "Acidibacillus sulfuroxidans" Holanda et al. 2016 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: [Bacillota, not assigned to family]
Assigned by:
Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612. 
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Record number: 585
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