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Genus Thalassobacillus
Name: Thalassobacillus García et al. 2005
Etymology: Tha.las’so.ba.cil’lus. Gr. fem. n. thalassa, sea; L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Thalassobacillus, rod from the sea
Gender: masculine (stem: Thalassobacill-)
Type species: Thalassobacillus devorans García et al. 2005
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Garcia MT, Gallego V, Ventosa A, Mellado E. Thalassobacillus devorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, phenol-degrading, Gram-positive bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1789-1795. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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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: "Thalassobacilus".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Sanchez-Porro et al. (2011). 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 4; CCM: 2; CECT: 2; JCM: 2; KCTC: 1; CCUG: 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: 4
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 Thalassobacillus cyri Sánchez-Porro et al. 2009 validly published under the ICNP correct name Thalassobacillus devorans García et al. 2005 validly published under the ICNP correct name Thalassobacillus hwangdonensis Lee et al. 2010 validly published under the ICNP correct name Thalassobacillus pellis Sánchez-Porro et al. 2011 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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