Genus Helcobacillus

Name: Helcobacillus Renvoise et al. 2009

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Hel.co.ba.cil’lus. Gr. neut. n. helkos, wound; L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Helcobacillus, a rod found in wounds

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Helcobacill-), hel-ko-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: Helcobacillus massiliensis Renvoise et al. 2009

16S rRNA gene: Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Renvoise A, Aldrovandi N, Raoult D, Roux V. Helcobacillus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family Dermabacteraceae isolated from a patient with a cutaneous discharge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2346-2351. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2921-2922.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Subdivision:

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

Parent taxon: Dermabacteraceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997

Assigned by: Renvoise A, Aldrovandi N, Raoult D, Roux V. Helcobacillus massiliensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel representative of the family Dermabacteraceae isolated from a patient with a cutaneous discharge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2346-2351. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 517901

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