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Genus Melghiribacillus
Name: Melghiribacillus Addou et al. 2015
Etymology: Mel.ghi’ri.ba.cil’lus. N.L. n. Melghir -iris, the salt lake Chott Melghir in north-east Algeria; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Melghiribacillus, a rod from Chott Melghir, where the type strain of the type species was isolated
Gender: masculine (stem: Melghiribacill-)
Type species: Melghiribacillus thermohalophilus Addou et al. 2015
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Addou NA, Schumann P, Sproer C, Ben Hania W, Hacene H, Fauque G, Cayol JL, Fardeau ML. Melghiribacillus thermohalophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel filamentous, endospore-forming, thermophilic and halophilic bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1172-1179. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Alkalibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Amphibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00742 (N = 2).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; CCUG: 1.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Alkalibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
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 Melghiribacillus thermohalophilus Addou et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Addou NA, Schumann P, Sproer C, Ben Hania W, Hacene H, Fauque G, Cayol JL, Fardeau ML. Melghiribacillus thermohalophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel filamentous, endospore-forming, thermophilic and halophilic bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1172-1179.
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Record number: 518699
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