Name: Ectobacillus Gupta et al. 2020
Etymology: Ec.to.ba.cil’lus Gr. prep. ecto, outside; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff or rod and Bacillus, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Ectobacillus, outside of Bacillus
Type species: Ectobacillus panaciterrae (Ten et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.
Nomenclatural status: validly published
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Ectobacillus antri (Rao et al. 2019) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published | correct name |
Ectobacillus funiculus (Ajithkumar et al. 2002) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published | correct name |
Ectobacillus panaciterrae (Ten et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published | correct name |
Ectobacillus polymachus (Nguyen and Kim 2015) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published | correct name |
Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.
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