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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Bacillus crepusculi"

Name: "Bacillus crepusculi" Williams et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cre.pus’cu.li. L. gen. neut. n. crepusculi, of the twilight, referring to the twilight zone of the ocean from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kre-PUS-ku-li, masculine

Nomenclatural type: 28A-2; DSM 111873; NCIMB 15401

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16S rRNA gene: MW003702 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Williams SE, Stennett HL, Devine AJ, Song Z, Back CR, Wang L, Mantell J, Neal C, Jepson MA, Essex-Lopresti AE, et al. OSMAC guided bioprospecting of Atlantic sponges reveals novel bacterial species and evidence for the antimicrobial thiazole alkaloid agrochelin II. Appl Environ Microbiol 2026; 0:e0187725. 🇩🇰

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Williams SE, Stennett HL, Devine AJ, Song Z, Back CR, Wang L, Mantell J, Neal C, Jepson MA, Essex-Lopresti AE, et al. OSMAC guided bioprospecting of Atlantic sponges reveals novel bacterial species and evidence for the antimicrobial thiazole alkaloid agrochelin II. Appl Environ Microbiol 2026; 0:e0187725. 🇩🇰

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Record number: 70979

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