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Name: Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998
Etymology: Vir.gi.ba.cil’lus. L. fem. n. virga, a green twig, transf., a branch in a family tree; L. masc. n. bacillus, from Bacillus, a genus of aerobic endospore-forming bacteria; N.L. masc. n. Virgibacillus, a branch of the genus Bacillus
Gender: masculine (stem: Virgibacill-)
Type species: Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Heyndrickx M, Lebbe L, Kersters K, De Vos P, Forsyth G, Logan NA. Virgibacillus: a new genus to accommodate Bacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950). Emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:99-106.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:629.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Name | Kind |
---|---|
Salibacillus Wainø et al. 1999 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Paracerasibacillus Miliotis et al. 2024 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 35
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 39
Total number of child taxa: 50
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
"Virgibacillus ainsalahensis" Amziane et al. 2017 | not validly published | preferred name |
Virgibacillus albus Zhang et al. 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Virgibacillus alimentarius Kim et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus arcticus Niederberger et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus byunsanensis Yoon et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus campisalis Lee et al. 2012 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Virgibacillus carmonensis Heyrman et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus chiguensis Wang et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Virgibacillus dakarensis" Senghor et al. 2017 | not validly published | preferred name |
Virgibacillus dokdonensis Yoon et al. 2005 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Virgibacillus doumboii" Konate et al. 2021 | not validly published | preferred name |
Virgibacillus flavescens Zhang et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus halodenitrificans (Denariaz et al. 1989) Yoon et al. 2004 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus halophilus An et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus halotolerans Seiler and Wenning 2013 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Virgibacillus ihumii" Camara et al. 2020 | not validly published | preferred name |
Virgibacillus indicus Xu et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus jeotgali Sundararaman et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus kapii Daroonpunt et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus kekensis Chen et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus kimchii Oh et al. 2021 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus koreensis Lee et al. 2006 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Virgibacillus litoralis Chen et al. 2012 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus marismortui (Arahal et al. 1999) Heyrman et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Virgibacillus marseillensis" Senghor et al. 2017 | not validly published | preferred name |
Virgibacillus massiliensis Khelaifia et al. 2023 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus natechei Amziane et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Virgibacillus ndiopensis" Francis et al. 2019 | not validly published | preferred name |
"Virgibacillus ndiopensis" Senghor et al. 2017 | not validly published | synonym |
Virgibacillus necropolis Heyrman et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus oceani Yin et al. 2015 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus olivae Quesada et al. 2007 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus phasianinus Tak et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus picturae Heyrman et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Virgibacillus profundi Xu et al. 2018 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus proomii Heyndrickx et al. 1999 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus salarius Hua et al. 2008 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus salexigens (Garabito et al. 1997) Heyrman et al. 2003 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Virgibacillus salidurans" Oh et al. 2025 | not validly published | preferred name |
Virgibacillus salinus Carrasco et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Virgibacillus saliphilus" Oh et al. 2025 | not validly published | preferred name |
Virgibacillus sediminis Chen et al. 2009 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Virgibacillus senegalensis" Seck et al. 2015 | not validly published | preferred name |
Virgibacillus siamensis Tanasupawat et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus soli Kämpfer et al. 2011 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus subterraneus Wang et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus tibetensis Li et al. 2024 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Virgibacillus xinjiangensis Jeon et al. 2010 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
"Virgibacillus zhanjiangensis" Peng et al. 2009 | not validly published | preferred name |
Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Sundararaman A, Srinivasan S, Lee JH, Lee SS. Virgibacillus jeotgali sp. nov., isolated from Myeolchi-jeotgal, a traditional Korean high-salt-fermented anchovy. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:158-163.
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Record number: 517158