Genus Amphibacillus

Name: Amphibacillus Niimura et al. 1990

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Am.phi.ba.cil’lus. Gr. prep. amphi, both sides or double; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Amphibacillus, rod capable of both aerobic and anaerobic growth

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Amphibacill-), am-p^hi-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: Amphibacillus xylanus Niimura et al. 1990

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Niimura Y, Koh E, Yanagida F, Suzuki KI, Komagata K, Kozaki M. Amphibacillus xylanus gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic sporeforming xylan-digesting bacterium which lacks cytochrome, quinone, and catalase. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1990; 40:297-301. 🇯🇵

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- An et al. 2007 An SY, Ishikawa S, Kasai H, Goto K, Yokota A. Amphibacillus sediminis sp. nov., an endospore-forming bacterium isolated from lake sediment in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2489-2492. 🇯🇵 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Hirota et al. 2013 Hirota K, Aino K, Nodasaka Y, Morita N, Yumoto I. Amphibacillus indicireducens sp. nov., an alkaliphile that reduces an indigo dye. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:464-469. 🇯🇵 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- Ren et al. 2013 Ren B, Yang N, Wang J, Ma XL, Wang Q, Xie F, Guo H, Liu ZH, Pugin B, Zhang LX. Amphibacillus marinus sp. nov., a member of the genus Amphibacillus isolated from marine mud. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1485-1491. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Amphibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
- 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Amphibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
- 🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Amphibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology 2024; 74:0. 🇨🇳
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Amphibaciffus"; "Amphibanllus"; "Anphibacillus"; "Arnphibacillus".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Hirota et al. (2013). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01361 (N = 11).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; JCM: 6; ATCC: 2; CGMCC: 2; NCIMB: 2; NBRC: 2; UNIQEM: 2; LMG: 1; KCTC: 1; IAM: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "AFBC" 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: 8
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 10

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Amphibacillus cookii Pugin et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amphibacillus fermentum Zhilina et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
"Amphibacillus haojiensis" Zhao et al. 2004	not validly published	preferred name
Amphibacillus iburiensis Hirota et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amphibacillus indicireducens Hirota et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amphibacillus jilinensis Wu et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amphibacillus marinus Ren et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amphibacillus sediminis An et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amphibacillus tropicus Zhilina et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Amphibacillus xylanus Niimura et al. 1990	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hirota K, Aino K, Nodasaka Y, Morita N, Yumoto I. Amphibacillus indicireducens sp. nov., an alkaliphile that reduces an indigo dye. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:464-469. 🇯🇵

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Genus Amphibacillus