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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Bacillus xerothermodurans"

Name: "Bacillus xerothermodurans" Bond and Favero 1977

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xe.ro.ther.mo.du’rans. Gr. masc. adj. xêros, dry; N.L. masc. adj. thermus, hot; L. pres. part. durans, hardening, resisting; N.L. masc. part. adj. xerothermodurans, resisting dry heat [intended to mean]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kse-ro-ther-mo-DU-rans, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 27380; DSM 520; NRRL NRS-1629

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16S rRNA gene: KY886974 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Bond WW, Favero MS. Bacillus xerothermodurans sp. nov., a Species Forming Endospores Extremely Resistant to Dry Heat. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:157-160.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Paenibacillus xerothermodurans Kaur et al. 2018

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Bond WW, Favero MS. Bacillus xerothermodurans sp. nov., a Species Forming Endospores Extremely Resistant to Dry Heat. International Journal of Systematic Bacteriology 1977; 27:157-160.

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Record number: 22445
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