Name: Litoribacillus peritrichatus Zhao et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pe.ri.tri.cha’tus. Gr. prep. peri, around; Gr. fem. n. thrix (gen. trichos), hair; L. masc. adj. suff. -atus, suffix used with the sense provided with; N.L. masc. adj. peritrichatus, peritrichous, having peritrichous flagella

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.10796; DSM 23811; JCM 17551; JYr12

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU391221 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhao R, Ji S, Wang Y, Yu T, Li Z, Li B, Shi X, Zhang XH. Litoribacillus peritrichatus gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment of an amphioxus breeding zone in Qingdao, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:357-366.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 155. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Litoribacillus Zhao et al. 2014. Publication: Zhao R, Ji S, Wang Y, Yu T, Li Z, Li B, Shi X, Zhang XH. Litoribacillus peritrichatus gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment of an amphioxus breeding zone in Qingdao, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:357-366.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Litoribacillus Zhao et al. 2014

Assigned by: Zhao R, Ji S, Wang Y, Yu T, Li Z, Li B, Shi X, Zhang XH. Litoribacillus peritrichatus gen. nov. sp. nov., isolated from coastal sediment of an amphioxus breeding zone in Qingdao, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:357-366.

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