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Genus Camelliibacillus
Name: Camelliibacillus Lin et al. 2018
Etymology: Ca.mel.li.i.ba.cil’lus. N.L. fem. n. Camellia, the Latin name of the tea plant; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Camelliibacillus, a rod from the tea plant
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Camelliibacill-), ka-mel-li-i-ba-KIL-lus
Type species: Camelliibacillus cellulosilyticus Lin et al. 2018
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Lin P, Yan ZF, Yi TH. Camelliibacillus cellulosilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a cellulose-degrading bacterium isolated from tea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1867-1873. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2710-2711.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Sporolactobacillaceae Ludwig et al. 2010.
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: "Elliibacillus".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02122 (N = 2).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KACC: 1; CGMCC: 1.
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Sporolactobacillaceae Ludwig et al. 2010.
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.
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
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Camelliibacillus cellulosilyticus Lin et al. 2018 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lin P, Yan ZF, Yi TH. Camelliibacillus cellulosilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a cellulose-degrading bacterium isolated from tea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1867-1873. 🇰🇷
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Record number: 520384
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