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Genus Hydrogenibacillus
Name: Hydrogenibacillus Kämpfer et al. 2013
Etymology: Hy.dro.ge.ni.ba’cil.lus. N.L. neut. n. hydrogenum, hydrogen; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff, a wand, a rod, and also a generic name; N.L. masc. n. Hydrogenibacillus, hydrogen bacillus, referring to the ability of the organisms to oxidize hydrogen
Gender: masculine (stem: Hydrogenibacill-)
Type species: Hydrogenibacillus schlegelii (Schenk and Aragno 1981) Kämpfer et al. 2013
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ. Transfer of Bacillus schlegelii to a novel genus and proposal of Hydrogenibacillus schlegelii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1723-1727. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Schenk A, Aragno M. Bacillus schlegelii a new species of thermophilic, facultatively chemolithoautotrophic bacterium oxidizing molecular hydrogen. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1979; 115:333-341.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Hydrogenobacillus".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00537 (N = 6).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; LMG: 1; CIP: 1; ATCC: 1; CCUG: 1.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Schenk A, Aragno M. Bacillus schlegelii a new species of thermophilic, facultatively chemolithoautotrophic bacterium oxidizing molecular hydrogen. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1979; 115:333-341.
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 Hydrogenibacillus schlegelii (Schenk and Aragno 1981) Kämpfer et al. 2013 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ. Transfer of Bacillus schlegelii to a novel genus and proposal of Hydrogenibacillus schlegelii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1723-1727.
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Record number: 518342
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