Etymology:
aer.o.phi’lus Gr. n. aêr, air; N.L. adj.philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj.philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj.aerophilus, air-loving
Valid publication:
Shivaji S, Chaturvedi P, Suresh K, Reddy GS, Dutt CB, Wainwright M, Narlikar JV, Bhargava PM. Bacillus aerius sp. nov., Bacillus aerophilus sp. nov., Bacillus stratosphericus sp. nov. and Bacillus altitudinis sp. nov., isolated from cryogenic tubes used for collecting air samples from high altitudes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1465-1473.
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2251-2252.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Risk group:
1
Notes:
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. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.Publication:
Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
As the type strain is not available from any established culture collection, nor from the authors who originally described the species, Branquinho et al. 2015 propose to place the name on the list of rejected names if no replacement is found within two years (Request for an Opinion, Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 65, 1101). The request was supported by Liu et al. 2015 (Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 65, 3228–3232).Publication:
Branquinho R, Klein G, Kampfer P, Peixe LV. The status of the species Bacillus aerophilus and Bacillus stratosphericus. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1101.
This name was subject to a Request for an Opinion.Publication:
Liu Y, Ramesh Kumar N, Lai Q, Du J, Dobritsa AP, Samadpour M, Shao Z. Identification of strains Bacillus aerophilus MTCC 7304T as Bacillus altitudinis and Bacillus stratosphericus MTCC 7305T as a Proteus sp. and the status of the species Bacillus aeriusShivaji et al. 2006. Request for an Opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3228-3231.
The type strain 28K is no longer viable in the depositor's collection, the type strain JCM 13347 does not appear in the "JCM on-line catalogue of strains", and the MTCC may not provide the type strain MTCC 7304. The type strain cannot be found in another culture collection. So, to date (January 15, 2010), the type strain of Bacillus aerophilus is not available. — Dobritsa AP. Personal communication, 2010-01-15.