Name: Domibacillus iocasae Sun and Sun 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: io’ca.sae. N.L. gen. fem. n. iocasae, name arbitrarily formed from IOCAS, the acronym for the Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, at which the microbiologists who first isolated the organism worked

Pronunciation, gender: IO-ka-sa͡e, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2015183; DSM 29979; S6

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16S rRNA gene: KT724336 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sun QL, Sun L. Description of Domibacillus iocasae sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the genus Domibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:982-987.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Domibacillus Seiler et al. 2013

Assigned by: Sun QL, Sun L. Description of Domibacillus iocasae sp. nov., isolated from deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the genus Domibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:982-987.

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Record number: 793821