Name: Gracilibacillus orientalis Carrasco et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.ri.en.ta’lis. L. masc. adj. orientalis, eastern, bacterium inhabiting the East

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-ri-en-TA-lis, masculine

Type strain: CCM 7326; CECT 7097; CGMCC 1.4250; DSM 28158; XH-63

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16S rRNA gene: MT760131 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Carrasco IJ, Marquez MC, Yanfen X, Ma Y, Cowan DA, Jones BE, Grant WD, Ventosa A. Gracilibacillus orientalis sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in Inner Mongolia, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:599-604. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1181-1182.

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 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 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Gracilibacillus Wainø et al. 1999

Assigned by: Carrasco IJ, Marquez MC, Yanfen X, Ma Y, Cowan DA, Jones BE, Grant WD, Ventosa A. Gracilibacillus orientalis sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in Inner Mongolia, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:599-604. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 783926