Genus "Quasibacillus"

Name: "Quasibacillus" Verma et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Qua.si.ba.cil’lus. L. conj. quasi, almost like; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod, and also a bacterial genus name; N.L. masc. n. Quasibacillus, almost like Bacillus

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Quasibacill-), kwa-si-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: "Quasibacillus thermotolerans" (Yang et al. 2013) Verma et al. 2017

Original publication: Verma A, Pal Y, Khatri I, Ojha AK, Gruber-Vodicka H, Schumann P, Dastager S, Subramanian S, Mayilraj S, Krishnamurthi S. Examination into the taxonomic position of Bacillus thermotolerans Yang et al., 2013, proposal for its reclassification into a new genus and species Quasibacillus thermotolerans gen. nov., comb. nov. and reclassification of B. encimensis Dastager et al., 2015 as a later heterotypic synonym of B. badius. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:411-422. 🇮🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Niallia Gupta et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Maribacillus" Liu et al. 2019	heterotypic synonym, not validly published
Weizmannia Gupta et al. 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Yang G, Zhou X, Zhou S, Yang D, Wang Y, Wang D. Bacillus thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium capable of reducing humus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3672-3678. 🇨🇳
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CCTCC: 1; KACC: 1.

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: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Quasibacillus thermotolerans" (Yang et al. 2013) Verma et al. 2017	not validly published	synonym

Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Verma A, Pal Y, Khatri I, Ojha AK, Gruber-Vodicka H, Schumann P, Dastager S, Subramanian S, Mayilraj S, Krishnamurthi S. Examination into the taxonomic position of Bacillus thermotolerans Yang et al., 2013, proposal for its reclassification into a new genus and species Quasibacillus thermotolerans gen. nov., comb. nov. and reclassification of B. encimensis Dastager et al., 2015 as a later heterotypic synonym of B. badius. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:411-422. 🇮🇳

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