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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Bacillus thermoalkalophilus"

Name: "Bacillus thermoalkalophilus" Boone et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.al.ka.lo’phi.lus. N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermoalkalophilus

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus ther-mo-al-ka-LO-phi-lus, masculine

Original publication: Boone DR, Liu Y, Zhao ZJ, Balkwill DL, Drake GR, Stevens TO, Aldrich HC. Bacillus infernus sp. nov., an Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing anaerobe from the deep terrestrial subsurface. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:441-448. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Boone DR, Liu Y, Zhao ZJ, Balkwill DL, Drake GR, Stevens TO, Aldrich HC. Bacillus infernus sp. nov., an Fe(III)- and Mn(IV)-reducing anaerobe from the deep terrestrial subsurface. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:441-448. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 19264

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