Name: Thalassobacillus pellis Sánchez-Porro et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pel’lis. L. fem. n. pellis (gen. pellis), hide, tanned hide, leather; L. gen. fem. n. pellis, of/from hide, tanned hide, leather, isolated from salted hides that are used in the leather industry

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 18 OM; CECT 7566; DSM 22784; JCM 16412

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16S rRNA gene: FN690978 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sanchez-Porro C, Yilmaz P, de la Haba RR, Birbir M, Ventosa A. Thalassobacillus pellis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium isolated from salted hides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1206-1210.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, 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".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thalassobacillus García et al. 2005

Assigned by: Sanchez-Porro C, Yilmaz P, de la Haba RR, Birbir M, Ventosa A. Thalassobacillus pellis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium isolated from salted hides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1206-1210.

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Record number: 789223