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Species Bacillus pseudofirmus

Name: Bacillus pseudofirmus Nielsen et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fir’mus pseu.do.fir’mus Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; L. masc. adj. firmus, strong, firm, and also specific epithet; N.L. masc. adj. pseudofirmus, false fimus referring to physiological similarities to Bacillus firmus

Gender: masculine

Type strains: ATCC 700159; CIP 105299; DSM 8715; LMG 17944; NCIMB 10283; PN-3

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16S rRNA gene: X76439 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nielsen P, Fritze D, Priest FG. Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species. Microbiology 1995; 141:1745-1761.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alkalihalobacillus pseudofirmus (Nielsen et al. 1995) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nielsen P, Fritze D, Priest FG. Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species. Microbiology 1995; 141:1745-1761.

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