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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species "Virgibacillus ainsalahensis"

Name: "Virgibacillus ainsalahensis" Amziane et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ain.sala.hen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. ainsalahensis, of or pertaining to Ain Salah

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: A14; DSM 28994; JCM 30907; MerV

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16S rRNA gene: KF146340 Analysetree FASTA download

Original publication: Amziane M, Darenfed-Bouanane A, Abderrahmani A, Selama O, Jouadi L, Cayol JL, Nateche F, Fardeau ML. Virgibacillus ainsalahensis sp. nov., a Moderately Halophilic Bacterium Isolated from Sediment of a Saline Lake in South of Algeria. Curr Microbiol 2017; 74:219-223. 🇫🇷

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998

Assigned by: Amziane M, Darenfed-Bouanane A, Abderrahmani A, Selama O, Jouadi L, Cayol JL, Nateche F, Fardeau ML. Virgibacillus ainsalahensis sp. nov., a Moderately Halophilic Bacterium Isolated from Sediment of a Saline Lake in South of Algeria. Curr Microbiol 2017; 74:219-223. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 1393

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