Species Bacillus massiliigorillae

Name: Bacillus massiliigorillae corrig. Keita et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mas.si.li.i.go.ril’lae. L. fem. n. Massilia, the Roman name of Marseille (name used for a town and a genus); N.L. fem. n. Gorilla, the genus name of the gorilla; N.L. gen. masc. n. massiliigorillae, of a gorilla of Marseille

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus mas-si-li-i-go-RIL-la͡e, masculine

Type strain: CSUR P206; DSM 26159; G2

16S rRNA gene: JX650055 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Keita MB, Diene SM, Robert C, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Bittar F. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Bacillus massiliogorillae sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:93-105. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.

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: Keita MB, Diene SM, Robert C, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Bittar F. Non-contiguous finished genome sequence and description of Bacillus massiliogorillae sp. nov. Stand Genomic Sci 2013; 9:93-105. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 36256

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