Name: Brevibacillus levickii Allan et al. 2005
Etymology: le.vic.ki’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. levickii, of Levick, named after G. Murray Levick, surgeon and biological scientist of Captain R. F. Scott’s Northern Party, the first scientific expedition to visit the vicinity of Mt Melbourne in 1912
Type strain: B 1657; CIP 108307; DSM 18918; LMG 22481; Logan B-1657
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16S rRNA gene: AJ715378 Analyse FASTA
Valid publication: Allan RN, Lebbe L, Heyrman J, De Vos P, Buchanan CJ, Logan NA. Brevibacillus levickii sp. nov. and Aneurinibacillus terranovensis sp. nov., two novel thermoacidophiles isolated from geothermal soils of northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1039-1050.
IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Brevibacillus Shida et al. 1996
Assigned by: Allan RN, Lebbe L, Heyrman J, De Vos P, Buchanan CJ, Logan NA. Brevibacillus levickii sp. nov. and Aneurinibacillus terranovensis sp. nov., two novel thermoacidophiles isolated from geothermal soils of northern Victoria Land, Antarctica. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1039-1050.
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Record number: 783555