Name: Lederbergia galactosidilytica corrig. (Heyndrickx et al. 2004) Gupta et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus galactosidilyticus Heyndrickx et al. 2004

Etymology: ga.lac.to.si.di.ly’ti.ca. N.L. fem. adj. lytica, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. galactosidilytica, referring to a positive ONPG test, revealing b-galactosidase activity

Gender: feminine

Type strain: DSM 15595; LMG 17892; Logan B2188; MB 800

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ535638 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus galactosidilyticus Heyndrickx et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lederbergia galactosidilyticus (Heyndrickx et al. 2004) Gupta et al. 2020	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lederbergia Gupta et al. 2020. Publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also Gupta et al. (2020). Publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Erratum: Robust demarcation of seventeen distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the subtilis and cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6531-6533.

Parent taxon: Lederbergia Gupta et al. 2020

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.

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