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Genus Exobacillus
Name: Exobacillus Bello et al. 2025
Etymology: E.xo.ba.cil’lus. Gr. prep. exô, outside, outer; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff or rod and Bacillus, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Exobacillus, outside of Bacillus
Gender: masculine (stem: Exobacill-)
Type species: Exobacillus caeni (Mo et al. 2020) Bello et al. 2025
Valid publication:
Bello S, Rudra B, Schellhorn HE. Phylogenomic studies and molecular markers clarifying the evolutionary relationships and classification of Pseudalkalibacillus species: proposal for the family Guptibacillaceae fam. nov. harbouring the genera Guptibacillus gen. nov. and Exobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6757. 
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Pseudalkalibacillus Joshi et al. 2022
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Guptibacillus Bello et al. 2025 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP Pseudalkalibacillus Joshi et al. 2022 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Notes:
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🧕 Bello et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Guptibacillaceae Bello et al. 2025.
Publication:
Bello S, Rudra B, Schellhorn HE. Phylogenomic studies and molecular markers clarifying the evolutionary relationships and classification of Pseudalkalibacillus species: proposal for the family Guptibacillaceae fam. nov. harbouring the genera Guptibacillus gen. nov. and Exobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6757.
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🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Pseudalkalibacillus Joshi et al. 2022.
Publication:
Joshi A, Thite S, Karodi P, Joseph N, Lodha T. Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:722369.
- ❗ Exobacillus is the correct name instead if this genus is regarded as a separate genus (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another genus whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 1; JCM: 1.
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🧕 Bello et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Guptibacillaceae Bello et al. 2025.
Publication:
Bello S, Rudra B, Schellhorn HE. Phylogenomic studies and molecular markers clarifying the evolutionary relationships and classification of Pseudalkalibacillus species: proposal for the family Guptibacillaceae fam. nov. harbouring the genera Guptibacillus gen. nov. and Exobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6757.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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 Exobacillus caeni (Mo et al. 2020) Bello et al. 2025 validly published under the ICNP synonym
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
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Joshi A, Thite S, Karodi P, Joseph N, Lodha T. Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:722369.
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Record number: 65202
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