Name: Neobacillus driksii Hameed et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: drik’si.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. driksii, referring to Adam Driks, an accomplished American spore biologist

Pronunciation, gender: DRIK-si-i, masculine

Type strain: 179-C4-2-HS; DSM 115941; NRRL B-65665

16S rRNA gene: PP849388 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hameed A, McDonagh F, Sengupta P, Miliotis G, Sivabalan SKM, Szydlowski L, Simpson A, Singh NK, Rekha PD, Raman K, et al. Neobacillus driksii sp. nov. isolated from a Mars 2020 spacecraft assembly facility and genomic potential for lasso peptide production in Neobacillus. Microbiol Spectr 2025; 13:e0137624.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 223. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Neobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020

Assigned by: Hameed A, McDonagh F, Sengupta P, Miliotis G, Sivabalan SKM, Szydlowski L, Simpson A, Singh NK, Rekha PD, Raman K, et al. Neobacillus driksii sp. nov. isolated from a Mars 2020 spacecraft assembly facility and genomic potential for lasso peptide production in Neobacillus. Microbiol Spectr 2025; 13:e0137624.

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Record number: 55350
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