Name: Alkalibacillus filiformis Romano et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fi.li.for’mis. L. neut. n. filum, a thread; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. masc./fem. adj. filiformis, thread-shaped

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 4AG; ATCC BAA-956; DSM 15448; JCM 13893

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16S rRNA gene: AJ493661 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Romano I, Lama L, Nicolaus B, Gambacorta A, Giordano A. Alkalibacillus filiformis sp. nov., isolated from a mineral pool in Campania, Italy. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2395-2399.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Alkalibacillus Jeon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Romano I, Lama L, Nicolaus B, Gambacorta A, Giordano A. Alkalibacillus filiformis sp. nov., isolated from a mineral pool in Campania, Italy. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2395-2399.

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Record number: 773066