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Genus Aquibacillus

Name: Aquibacillus Amoozegar et al. 2014

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: A.qui.ba.cil’lus. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod and also a bacterial genus name (Bacillus); N.L. masc. n. Aquibacillus, a rod belonging to the family Bacillaceae and isolated from water

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Aquibacill-), a-kwi-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: Aquibacillus halophilus Amoozegar et al. 2014

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Amoozegar MA, Bagheri M, Didari M, Mehrshad M, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Aquibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a hypersaline lake, and reclassification of Virgibacillus koreensis as Aquibacillus koreensis comb. nov. and Virgibacillus albus as Aquibacillus albus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3616-3623. 🇮🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:323-324.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

  • Notes:
    • 🧕 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. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳
    • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Aquabacillus"; "Aquaibacillus".
    • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 4; CGMCC: 3; JCM: 3; NBRC: 2; BH: 2; KACC: 2; DSM: 1; CECT: 1; IBRC: 1; CCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 9
Total number of child taxa: 9

Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Amoozegar MA, Bagheri M, Didari M, Mehrshad M, Schumann P, Sproer C, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Aquibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a hypersaline lake, and reclassification of Virgibacillus koreensis as Aquibacillus koreensis comb. nov. and Virgibacillus albus as Aquibacillus albus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3616-3623. 🇮🇷

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