Name: Fontibacillus Saha et al. 2010

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fon.ti.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. n. fons (gen. fontis), a spring, fountain; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Fontibacillus, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from a spring

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Fontibacill-), fon-ti-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: Fontibacillus aquaticus Saha et al. 2010

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Saha P, Krishnamurthi S, Bhattacharya A, Sharma R, Chakrabarti T. Fontibacillus aquaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a warm spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:422-428. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1011-1012.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Lee et al. 2011 Lee KC, Kim KK, Eom MK, Kim MJ, Lee JS. Fontibacillus panacisegetis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:369-374. 🇰🇷 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1014-1015.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CECT: 3; DSM: 3; LMG: 2; CGMCC: 1; MTCC: 1; NCCB: 1; JCM: 1; KCTC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 6

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Fontibacillus aquaticus Saha et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Fontibacillus forbon" Hu et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Fontibacillus panacisegetis Lee et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fontibacillus phaseoli Flores-Félix et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fontibacillus pullulanilyticus Inan Bektas et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Fontibacillus solani Ramírez-Bahena et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010

Assigned by: Lee KC, Kim KK, Eom MK, Kim MJ, Lee JS. Fontibacillus panacisegetis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:369-374. 🇰🇷

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