Name: Robertmurraya korlensis (Zhang et al. 2009) Gupta et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus korlensis Zhang et al. 2009

Etymology: kor.len’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. korlensis, pertaining to Korla, a city of Xinjiang Province in the north-­west of China from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 207172; NRRL B-51302; ZLC-26

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU603328 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus korlensis Zhang et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00384 (N = 61).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Robertmurraya Gupta et al. 2020

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.

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Record number: 14833