Species Bacillus salexigens

Name: Bacillus salexigens Garabito et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sal.ex’i.gens. L. masc. n. sal (gen. salis), salt; L. inf. v. exigere, to demand; N.L. masc. part. adj. salexigens, salt demanding

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700290; C-20Mo; CCM 4646; CCUG 52350; CIP 105608; DSM 11483; LMG 21520

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16S rRNA gene: Y11603 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Garabito MJ, Arahal DR, Mellado E, Marquez MC, Ventosa A. Bacillus salexigens sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic Bacillus species. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:735-741.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Virgibacillus salexigens (Garabito et al. 1997) Heyrman et al. 2003

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Virgibacillus salexigens (Garabito et al. 1997) Heyrman et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Salibacillus salexigens (Garabito et al. 1997) Wainø et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus salexigens is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacillus.
- 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Garabito MJ, Arahal DR, Mellado E, Marquez MC, Ventosa A. Bacillus salexigens sp. nov., a new moderately halophilic Bacillus species. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:735-741.

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Species Bacillus salexigens