Name: Metabacillus fastidiosus (den Dooren de Jong 1929) Patel and Gupta 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus fastidiosus den Dooren de Jong 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: fas.ti.di’o.sus. L. masc. adj. fastidiosus, disdainful, fastidious

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29604; Delft; DSM 91; LMD 29.14; NBRC 101226; NCCB 29014; NCIB 11326; NCIMB 11326; NRRL NRS-1705; NRS-1705

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681412 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 fastidiosus den Dooren de Jong 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Metabacillus Patel and Gupta 2020. 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.

Parent taxon: Metabacillus 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: 5934