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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Genus Aliibacillus

Name: Aliibacillus Xu et al. 2019

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: A.li.i.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. pron. alius, other, different; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff; L. masc. n. Bacillus, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Aliibacillus, a different Bacillus

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Aliibacill-), a-li-i-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: Aliibacillus thermotolerans Xu et al. 2019

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Xu J, Xu XH, Men MQ, Meng QX, Xu BS. Aliibacillus thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.: a thermophilic and heterotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from compost. Arch Microbiol 2018; 200:1357-1363. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 186. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:597-599.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1

Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Xu J, Xu XH, Men MQ, Meng QX, Xu BS. Aliibacillus thermotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.: a thermophilic and heterotrophic ammonia-oxidizing bacterium from compost. Arch Microbiol 2018; 200:1357-1363. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 521623
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