Name: Ureibacillus Fortina et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ur.e.i.ba.cil’lus. Chem. fem. n. urea, urea; L. masc. n. bacillus, from Bacillus, a genus of aerobic endospore-forming bacteria; N.L. masc. n. Ureibacillus, a ureolytic aerobic bacillus

Gender: masculine (stem: Ureibacill-)

Type species: Ureibacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1996) Fortina et al. 2001

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fortina MG, Pukall R, Schumann P, Mora D, Parini C, Manachini PL, Stackebrandt E. Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:447-455.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Gupta and Patel 2020 Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
    Notes:
    • Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 6 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • Fortina et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Planococcaceae Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Fortina MG, Pukall R, Schumann P, Mora D, Parini C, Manachini PL, Stackebrandt E. Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:447-455.
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Andersson M, Laukkanen M, Nurmiaho-Lassila EL, Rainey FA, Niemelä SI, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Bacillus thermosphaericus sp. nov. a new thermophilic ureolytic bacillus isolated from air. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:203-220.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Urebacillus".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Weon et al. (2007). 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: 12; KCTC: 4; NBRC: 3; CIP: 3; CCUG: 3; LMG: 3; JCM: 2; CGMCC: 2; MCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12
Total number of child taxa: 17

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Ureibacillus acetophenoni (Azmatunnisa et al. 2015) Gupta and Patel 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ureibacillus alkaliphilus" (Zhao et al. 2015) Gupta and Patel 2020	not validly published
    Ureibacillus chungkukjangi (Kim et al. 2013) Gupta and Patel 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ureibacillus composti Weon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ureibacillus defluvii Zhou et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ureibacillus endophyticus" (Yu et al. 2017) Gupta and Patel 2020	not validly published
    "Ureibacillus galli" Gilroy et al. 2021	not validly published
    "Ureibacillus halotolerans" (Kong et al. 2014) Gupta and Patel 2020	not validly published
    Ureibacillus manganicus (Liu et al. 2013) Gupta and Patel 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ureibacillus massiliensis (Glazunova et al. 2006) Gupta and Patel 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ureibacillus sinduriensis (Jung et al. 2012) Gupta and Patel 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ureibacillus suwonensis Kim et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Ureibacillus telephonicus" (Rahi et al. 2017) Gupta and Patel 2020	not validly published
    Ureibacillus terrenus Fortina et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ureibacillus thermophilus Weon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ureibacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1996) Fortina et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Ureibacillus xyleni Gupta and Patel 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. When treated as heterotypic synonyms the names Caryophanaceae Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) and Caryophanales Peshkoff 1939 (Approved Lists 1980) have priority over the names Planococcaceae Krasil'nikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) and Bacillales Prevot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980), respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2187-2195.

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