Name: Exiguobacterium aurantiacum Collins et al. 1984
Etymology: au.ran.ti’a.cum. L. neut. n. aurum, gold; N.L. neut. n. Aurantium, generic name of the orange; L. neut. suff. -acum, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. neut. adj. aurantiacum, orange-colored
Type strain: ATCC 35652; CCUG 44910; CIP 103353; DSM 6208; IFO 14763; NBRC 14763; NCIB 11798; NCIMB 11798
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16S rRNA gene: AB680657 Analyse FASTA
Effective publication: Collins MD, Lund BM, Farrow JAE, Schleifer KH. Chemotaxonomic study of an alkalophilic bacterium, Exiguobacterium aurantiacum gen. nov., sp. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:2037-2042.
IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 13. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:91-92.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Exiguobacterium Collins et al. 1984
Assigned by: Collins MD, Lund BM, Farrow JAE, Schleifer KH. Chemotaxonomic study of an alkalophilic bacterium, Exiguobacterium aurantiacum gen. nov., sp. nov. J. Gen. Microbiol. 1983; 129:2037-2042.
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