Name: Filobacillus milosensis corrig. Schlesner et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mi.los.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. milosensis, from the island Milos, Greece, where the organism was isolated

Gender: 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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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