Name: Metabacillus indicus (Suresh et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus indicus Suresh et al. 2004

Etymology: in’di.cus. L. masc. adj. indicus, pertaining to India, Indian

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15820; MTCC 4374; Sd/3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ583158 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 cibi Yoon et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus indicus Suresh et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Stropko et al. (2014), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus cibi Yoon et al. 2005. Publication: Stropko SJ, Pipes SE, Newman JD. Genome-based reclassification of Bacillus cibi as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus indicus and emended description of Bacillus indicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3804-3809.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00094 (N = 83).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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