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Name: Virgibacillus albus Zhang et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: al’bus. L. masc. adj. albus, white, referring to the white-coloured bacterial colony

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wir-gi-ba-KIL-lus AL-bus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 23711; JCM 17364; YIM 93624

16S rRNA gene: JQ680032 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Zhang YJ, Zhou Y, Ja M, Shi R, Chun-Yu WX, Yang LL, Tang SK, Li WJ. Virgibacillus albus sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from Lop Nur salt lake in Xinjiang province, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 102:553-560. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 149. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aquibacillus albus (Zhang et al. 2013) Amoozegar et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • ❗ Virgibacillus albus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Virgibacillus.
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998

Assigned by: Zhang YJ, Zhou Y, Ja M, Shi R, Chun-Yu WX, Yang LL, Tang SK, Li WJ. Virgibacillus albus sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from Lop Nur salt lake in Xinjiang province, China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2012; 102:553-560. 🇨🇳

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