Name: "Evansella shivajii" (Kumar et al. 2018) Narsing Rao et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus shivajii Kumar et al. 2018

Etymology: shi.va’ji.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. shivajii, named in honour of Dr Shivaji, an eminent Indian microbiologist who has made a significant contribution to our knowledge of heterotrophic bacteria from diverse habitats including members of Bacillaceae

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AK72; JCM 32183; KCTC 33981; MTCC 12636

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16S rRNA gene: LT844662 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Narsing Rao MP, Xiao M, Liu D, Tang R, Liu GH, Li WJ. Genome-based reclassification of Evansella polygoni as a later heterotypic synonym of Evansella clarkii and transfer of Bacillus shivajii and Bacillus tamaricis to the genus Evansella as Evansella shivajii comb. nov. and Evansella tamaricis comb. nov. Arch Microbiol 2021; 204:47.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Bacillus shivajii Kumar et al. 2018

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus shivajii Kumar et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Evansella Gupta et al. 2020

Assigned by: Narsing Rao MP, Xiao M, Liu D, Tang R, Liu GH, Li WJ. Genome-based reclassification of Evansella polygoni as a later heterotypic synonym of Evansella clarkii and transfer of Bacillus shivajii and Bacillus tamaricis to the genus Evansella as Evansella shivajii comb. nov. and Evansella tamaricis comb. nov. Arch Microbiol 2021; 204:47.

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Record number: 25919