Name: "Aerobacillus" Donker 1926

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.e.ro.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Aerobacillus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Aerobacill-), a-e-ro-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: "Aerobacillus polymyxa" (Prazmowski 1880) Donker 1926

Original publication: Donker HJL. Bijdrage tot de kennis der boterzuur-butylalcohlen acetongistingen. W. D. Meinema, Delft, 1926.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Breed et al. (1948) assigned this genus to the family Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Burkholder WH. Genus I. Pseudomonas Migula. Bacterial plant pathogens. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Hitchens AP (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 6th ed., The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1948, p. 82-150.
  • 🧕 Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Bacilleae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Paenibacillus Ash et al. 1994. Publication: Ash C, Priest FG, Collins MD. Molecular identification of rRNA group 3 bacilli (Ash, Farrow, Wallbanks and Collins) using a PCR probe test. Proposal for the creation of a new genus Paenibacillus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1993; 64:253-260. 🇬🇧
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acrobacillus"; "Aembacillus"; "Aerabacillus"; "Aerobacilliis"; "Aerobacilus"; "Aerobcwillus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NRRL: 4; HAMBI: 4; VKM: 3; LMG: 3; CIP: 2; CCUG: 2; IFO: 2; NBRC: 2; NCTC: 2; NBIMCC: 2.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "AEBC" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

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

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Aerobacillus fusiformis" Zhang et al. 2003	not validly published	preferred name
    "Aerobacillus macerans" (Schardinger 1905) Donker 1926	not validly published	synonym
    "Aerobacillus polymyxa" (Prazmowski 1880) Donker 1926	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010

Assigned by: De Vos P, Ludwig W, Schleifer KH, Whitman WB. Family IV. Paenibacillaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, Schleifer KH, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, Dordrecht, Heidelberg, London, New York, 2009, p. 269. 🇧🇪

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