Name: Filobacillus milosensis corrig. Schlesner et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.lo.sen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. milosensis, from the island Milos, Greece, where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … mi-lo-SEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700960; CIP 107088; DSM 13259; JCM 12288; SH 714

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ238042 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schlesner H, Lawson PA, Collins MD, Weiss N, Wehmeyer U, Volker H, Thomm M. Filobacillus milensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new halophilic spore-forming bacterium with Orn-D-Glu-type peptidoglycan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:425-431. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Filobacillus milensis Schlesner et al. 2001	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Filobacillus Schlesner et al. 2001. Publication: Schlesner H, Lawson PA, Collins MD, Weiss N, Wehmeyer U, Volker H, Thomm M. Filobacillus milensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new halophilic spore-forming bacterium with Orn-D-Glu-type peptidoglycan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:425-431. 🇩🇪
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet milensis (sic), has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet milosensis [milensis (sic)] is a Neo Latin adjective not a Neo Latin noun in the genitive case as cited by Schlesner et al. 2001. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Filobacillus Schlesner et al. 2001

Assigned by: Schlesner H, Lawson PA, Collins MD, Weiss N, Wehmeyer U, Volker H, Thomm M. Filobacillus milensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a new halophilic spore-forming bacterium with Orn-D-Glu-type peptidoglycan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:425-431. 🇩🇪

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