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Genus Natribacillus
Name: Natribacillus Echigo et al. 2012
Etymology: Na.tri.ba.cil’lus. N.L. neut. n. natron, soda, sodium carbonate (arbitrarily derived from the Arabic n. natrun or natron); L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Natribacillus, sodium (-requiring) rod, referring to the high sodium ion requirement and the cell shape
Gender: masculine (stem: Natribacill-)
Type species: Natribacillus halophilus Echigo et al. 2012
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Echigo A, Minegishi H, Shimane Y, Kamekura M, Usami R. Natribacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic and alkalitolerant bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:289-294. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1020.
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 Marinococcaceae 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 Marinococcaceae 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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Natibacillus".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00310 (N = 8).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Marinococcaceae 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 Natribacillus halophilus Echigo et al. 2012 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Echigo A, Minegishi H, Shimane Y, Kamekura M, Usami R. Natribacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic and alkalitolerant bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:289-294.
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Record number: 518167
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