Name: Fictibacillus aquaticus Pal et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qua’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. aquaticus, living in water, referring to the isolation of the type strain from water

Pronunciation, gender: a-KWA-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: CCM 8782; GDSW-R2A3; VTCC B-910015

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16S rRNA gene: KY471632 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pal D, Bhardwaj A, Kaur N, Sudan SK, Bisht B, Kumari M, Vyas B, Krishnamurthi S, Mayilraj S. Fictibacillus aquaticus sp. nov., isolated from downstream river water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:160-164.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09241 (N = 30).
  • 😷 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: Fictibacillus Glaeser et al. 2013

Assigned by: Pal D, Bhardwaj A, Kaur N, Sudan SK, Bisht B, Kumari M, Vyas B, Krishnamurthi S, Mayilraj S. Fictibacillus aquaticus sp. nov., isolated from downstream river water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:160-164.

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