Name: Margalitia Gupta et al. 2020
Etymology: Mar.ga.li’ti.a. N.L. fem. n. Margalitia, named after Prof. Joel Margalit (1933-2011, Ben-Gurion University, Israel), who discovered the insecticide action of Bacillus thuringiensis var. israelensis, used for controlling mosquitoes and black flies, which serve as vectors for many diseases
Gender: feminine (stem: Margaliti-)
Type species: Margalitia shackletonii (Logan et al. 2004) Gupta et al. 2020
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.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Heyndrickxia Gupta et al. 2020
Name | Kind |
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Weizmannia Gupta et al. 2020 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Heyndrickxia Gupta et al. 2020 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Margalitia camelliae (Niu et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Margalitia shackletonii (Logan et al. 2004) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
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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