Name: Tenuibacillus multivorans Ren and Zhou 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mul.ti.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. multus, many; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. multivorans, devouring numerous kinds of substrates

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 28-1; CGMCC 1.3442; NBRC 100370

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681155 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ren PG, Zhou PJ. Tenuibacillus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:95-99.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tenuibacillus Ren and Zhou 2005. Publication: Ren PG, Zhou PJ. Tenuibacillus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:95-99.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Tenuibacillus Ren and Zhou 2005

Assigned by: Ren PG, Zhou PJ. Tenuibacillus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:95-99.

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