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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Bacillus mesophilum"

Name: "Bacillus mesophilum" Manickam et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so’phi.lum. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. neut. adj. mesophilum, middle (temperature)-loving, mesophilic (sic)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … me-SO-phi-lum, masculine

Nomenclatural type: IITR-54; JCM 19208; MTCC 11060

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16S rRNA gene: JN210567 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Manickam N, Singh NK, Bajaj A, Kumar RM, Kaur G, Kaur N, Bala M, Kumar A, Mayilraj S. Bacillus mesophilum sp. nov., strain IITR-54T, a novel 4-chlorobiphenyl dechlorinating bacterium. Arch Microbiol 2014; 196:517-523. 🇮🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Manickam N, Singh NK, Bajaj A, Kumar RM, Kaur G, Kaur N, Bala M, Kumar A, Mayilraj S. Bacillus mesophilum sp. nov., strain IITR-54T, a novel 4-chlorobiphenyl dechlorinating bacterium. Arch Microbiol 2014; 196:517-523. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 1174
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