Domain Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Virgibacillus halophilus

Name: Virgibacillus halophilus An et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.phi’lus. Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 5B73C; DSM 21623; IAM 15308; JCM 21758; KCTC 13935

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AB243851 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: An SY, Asahara M, Goto K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Virgibacillus halophilus sp. nov., spore-forming bacteria isolated from soil in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1607-1611.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998

Assigned by: An SY, Asahara M, Goto K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Virgibacillus halophilus sp. nov., spore-forming bacteria isolated from soil in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1607-1611.

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Record number: 783042
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