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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Bacillus pseudoflexus"

Name: "Bacillus pseudoflexus" Chandna et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pseu.do.fle’xus. Gr. masc./fem. adj. pseudês, false; L. masc. perf. part. flexus, flexible and also a bacterial epithet [B. flexus (ex Batchelor 1919); Priest et al. 1988]; N.L. masc. part. adj. pseudoflexus, the false [Bacillus] flexus, of compost

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pse͡u-do-FLE-ksus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: CCM 7753; KCTC 13723; MTCC 9830; RC1

16S rRNA gene: FN999944 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Chandna P, Mayilraj S, Kuhad RC. Bacillus pseudoflexus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from compost. Annals of Microbiology 2016; 66:895-905. 🇮🇳

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Preferred name: "Priestia pseudoflexus" (Chandna et al. 2016) Caldeira et al. 2024

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Chandna P, Mayilraj S, Kuhad RC. Bacillus pseudoflexus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from compost. Annals of Microbiology 2016; 66:895-905. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 48620
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