Genus Pontibacillus

Name: Pontibacillus Lim et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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: masculine (stem: Pontibacill-)

Type species: Pontibacillus chungwhensis Lim et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Emendations:
- 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.
- 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.

Notes:
- This taxon name is occasionally misprinted 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 0.02990 (N = 5).
- The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 5; DSM: 4; CGMCC: 2; NRRL: 1; NBRC: 1; LMG: 1.

Subdivision:

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

Child taxa:

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

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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