Genus "Negativibacillus"

Name: "Negativibacillus" Ricaboni et al. 2017

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Ne.ga.ti.vi.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Negativibacillus, named for the Gram-stain negative cell wall structure of the hereby-described bacilli

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Negativibacill-), ne-ga-ti-wi-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: "Negativibacillus massiliensis" Ricaboni et al. 2017

Original publication: Ricaboni D, Mailhe M, Vitton V, Andrieu C, Fournier PE, Raoult D. "Negativibacillus massiliensis" gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human left colon. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 17:36-38. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Negativibacillus Valles et al. 2021

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Negativibacillus Valles et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Ricaboni et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the phylum "Firmicutes" (Gibbons and Murray 1978) Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Ricaboni D, Mailhe M, Vitton V, Andrieu C, Fournier PE, Raoult D. "Negativibacillus massiliensis" gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from human left colon. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 17:36-38. 🇫🇷
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CSUR: 1; DSM: 1; CGMCC: 1; KCTC: 1.
  • 🤦 This taxon lacks a discernible description (protologue).

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Negativibacillus intestinalis" Huang et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
    "Negativibacillus massiliensis" Ricaboni et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: [Bacillota, not assigned to family]

Assigned by: LPSN automated production system. The following publication is only one of the sources consulted. It may or may not mention this taxon name. — Freese HM, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Sarda Carbasse J, Afolayan AO, Goker M. TYGS and LPSN in 2025: a Global Core Biodata Resource for genome-based classification and nomenclature of prokaryotes within DSMZ Digital Diversity. Nucleic Acids Res 2026; 54:D884-D891. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 518