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Genus Terribacillus
Name: Terribacillus An et al. 2007
Etymology: Ter.ri.ba.cil’lus. L. fem. n. terra, earth; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff; N.L. masc. n. Terribacillus, earth (soil) bacillus (rod)
Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Terribacill-), ter-ri-ba-KIL-lus
Type species: Terribacillus saccharophilus An et al. 2007
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
An SY, Asahara M, Goto K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Terribacillus saccharophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Terribacillus halophilus sp. nov., spore-forming bacteria isolated from field soil in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:51-55. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Synonyms:
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Name Kind Pelagibacillus Kim et al. 2007 heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
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Emendations:
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Krishnamurthi and Chakrabarti 2008
Krishnamurthi S, Chakrabarti T. Proposal for transfer of Pelagibacillus goriensis Kim et al. 2007 to the genus Terribacillus as Terribacillus goriensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2287-2291.
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3-4.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. The usage of the term "coherent taxon" (or equivalent) is cautioned against. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
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Krishnamurthi and Chakrabarti 2008
Krishnamurthi S, Chakrabarti T. Proposal for transfer of Pelagibacillus goriensis Kim et al. 2007 to the genus Terribacillus as Terribacillus goriensis comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2287-2291.
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Amphibacillaceae 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.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Pelagibacillus Kim et al. 2007.
Publication:
Kim YG, Hwang CY, Yoo KW, Moon HT, Yoon JH, Cho BC. Pelagibacillus goriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halotolerant bacterium isolated from coastal water off the east coast of Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1554-1560.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Terrabacillus".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00449 (N = 9).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; IAM: 2; JCM: 2; KCTC: 2; KCCM: 1; CGMCC: 1; NBRC: 1.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Amphibacillaceae 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: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Terribacillus aidingensis Liu et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name Terribacillus goriensis (Kim et al. 2007) Krishnamurthi and Chakrabarti 2009 validly published under the ICNP synonym Terribacillus halophilus An et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name Terribacillus saccharophilus An et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.
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Record number: 517499
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