Name: Sediminibacillus albus Wang et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.6502; DSM 19340; NHBX5

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ989634 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Wang X, Xue Y, Ma Y. Sediminibacillus albus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium isolated from a hypersaline lake, and emended description of the genus Sediminibacillus Carrasco et al. 2008. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1640-1644.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2381-2382.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.10376 (N = 69).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Sediminibacillus Carrasco et al. 2008

Assigned by: Wang X, Xue Y, Ma Y. Sediminibacillus albus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium isolated from a hypersaline lake, and emended description of the genus Sediminibacillus Carrasco et al. 2008. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1640-1644.

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