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Genus Tenuibacillus
Name: Tenuibacillus Ren and Zhou 2005
Etymology: Te.nu.i.ba.cil.lus. L. masc./fem. adj. tenuis, slender, fine, thin; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff, a wand; N.L. masc. n. Tenuibacillus, a slender rod
Gender: masculine (stem: Tenuibacill-)
Type species: Tenuibacillus multivorans Ren and Zhou 2005
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Ren PG, Zhou PJ. Tenuibacillus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:95-99. 
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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Gao et al. 2013
Gao XH, Gao S, Zhou Y, Guan HL, Zhang YJ, Jia M, Huang HW, Yang DX, Li WJ, Tang SK. Tenuibacillus halotolerans sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a soil sample from a salt lake in Xinjiang, China and emended description of the genus Tenuibacillus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:207-215.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- 🧍 As of 2020-09-20 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.
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Gao et al. 2013
Gao XH, Gao S, Zhou Y, Guan HL, Zhang YJ, Jia M, Huang HW, Yang DX, Li WJ, Tang SK. Tenuibacillus halotolerans sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a soil sample from a salt lake in Xinjiang, China and emended description of the genus Tenuibacillus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:207-215.
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Alkalibacillaceae 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.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04216 (N = 1).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CGMCC: 1; NBRC: 1; KCTC: 1.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Alkalibacillaceae 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: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Tenuibacillus halotolerans Gao et al. 2021 validly published under the ICNP correct name Tenuibacillus multivorans Ren and Zhou 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Ren PG, Zhou PJ. Tenuibacillus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:95-99.
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