Name: Mesobacillus selenatarsenatis (Yamamura et al. 2007) Patel and Gupta 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus selenatarsenatis Yamamura et al. 2007

Etymology: se.le.nat.ar.se.na’tis. N.L. masc. n. selenas (gen. selenatis), selenate; N.L. masc. n. arsenas (gen. arsenatis), arsenate; N.L. gen. masc. n. selenatarsenatis, of selenate and arsenate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18680; JCM 14380; SF-1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB262082 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Patel S, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and comparative genomic framework for resolving the polyphyly of the genus Bacillus: Proposal for six new genera of Bacillus species, Peribacillus gen. nov., Cytobacillus gen. nov., Mesobacillus gen. nov., Neobacillus gen. nov., Metabacillus gen. nov. and Alkalihalobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:406-438.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus selenatarsenatis Yamamura et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.19961 (N = 92).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Mesobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020

Assigned by: Patel S, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and comparative genomic framework for resolving the polyphyly of the genus Bacillus: Proposal for six new genera of Bacillus species, Peribacillus gen. nov., Cytobacillus gen. nov., Mesobacillus gen. nov., Neobacillus gen. nov., Metabacillus gen. nov. and Alkalihalobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:406-438.

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Record number: 7388