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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Bacillus kexueae

Name: Bacillus kexueae Sun et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ke.xu’e.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. kexueae, named after the research vessel ‘KEXUE’ described in this study

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2017020; KCTC 33881; Ma50-5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF582327 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sun QL, Yu C, Luan ZD, Lian C, Hu YH, Sun L. Description of Bacillus kexueae sp. nov. and Bacillus manusensis sp. nov., isolated from hydrothermal sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:829-834. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1823-1824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sun QL, Yu C, Luan ZD, Lian C, Hu YH, Sun L. Description of Bacillus kexueae sp. nov. and Bacillus manusensis sp. nov., isolated from hydrothermal sediments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:829-834. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 797559
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