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Genus Pontibacillus
Name: Pontibacillus Lim et al. 2005
Etymology: Pon.ti.ba.cil’lus. L. masc. n. pontus, the sea; L. masc. n. bacillus, small rod; N.L. masc. n. Pontibacillus, bacillus pertaining to the sea
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Pontibacill-), pon-ti-ba-KIL-lus
Type species: Pontibacillus chungwhensis Lim et al. 2005
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Lim JM, Jeon CO, Song SM, Kim CJ. Pontibacillus chungwhensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a solar saltern in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:165-170. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Lim et al. 2005
Lim JM, Jeon CO, Park DJ, Kim HR, Yoon BJ, Kim CJ. Pontibacillus marinus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Pontibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1027-1031.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Chen et al. 2010
Chen YG, Zhang YQ, Yi LB, Li ZY, Wang YX, Xiao HD, Chen QH, Cui XL, Li WJ. Pontibacillus litoralis sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from a sea anemone, and emended description of the genus Pontibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:560-565.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1253-1255.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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Lim et al. 2005
Lim JM, Jeon CO, Park DJ, Kim HR, Yoon BJ, Kim CJ. Pontibacillus marinus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Pontibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1027-1031.
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Halobacillaceae 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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Pontibacillius".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Lim et al. (2005), Chen et al. (2010). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.02769 (N = 7).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 5; DSM: 4; BH: 3; CCTCC: 2; CGMCC: 2; NCAIM: 1; KACC: 1; LMG: 1; NBRC: 1; NRRL: 1.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Halobacillaceae 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: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 7
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Pontibacillus chungwhensis Lim et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pontibacillus halophilus Chen et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pontibacillus litoralis Chen et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pontibacillus marinus Lim et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pontibacillus salicampi Lee et al. 2015 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pontibacillus salipaludis Sultanpuram et al. 2016 validly published under the ICNP correct name Pontibacillus yanchengensis Yang et al. 2011 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Lim JM, Jeon CO, Song SM, Kim CJ. Pontibacillus chungwhensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a solar saltern in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:165-170.
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Record number: 516375
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