Name: Paraliobacillus zengyii Wang et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: zeng.yi’i. N.L. gen. masc. n. zengyii, of Yi Zeng, a contemporary Chinese microbiologist for his contribution to prevention and control of infections of the Epstein-Barr virus and human immunodeficiency viruses

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.16464; DSM 107811; X-1125

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG209820 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang X, Yang J, Lu S, Lai XH, Jin D, Pu J, Niu L, Zhu W, Liang J, Huang Y, et al. Paraliobacillus zengyii sp. nov., a slightly halophilic and extremely halotolerant bacterium isolated from Tibetan antelope faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1426-1432.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2177-2178.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03801 (N = 55).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Paraliobacillus Ishikawa et al. 2003

Assigned by: Wang X, Yang J, Lu S, Lai XH, Jin D, Pu J, Niu L, Zhu W, Liang J, Huang Y, et al. Paraliobacillus zengyii sp. nov., a slightly halophilic and extremely halotolerant bacterium isolated from Tibetan antelope faeces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1426-1432.

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Record number: 800790