Name: Virgibacillus indicus Xu et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cus. L. masc. adj. indicus, of India, Indian, referring to the Indian Ocean, from where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wir-gi-ba-KIL-lus IN-di-kus, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.16138; NBRC 113014; P2-C2

16S rRNA gene: KY800369 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Xu B, Hu B, Wang J, Lan Y, Zhu Y, Dai X, Huang L, Huang Y, Du W. Virgibacillus indicus sp. nov. and Virgibacillus profundi sp. nov, two moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from marine sediment by using microfluidic streak plates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2015-2023. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2710-2711.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Parent taxon: Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998

Assigned by: Xu B, Hu B, Wang J, Lan Y, Zhu Y, Dai X, Huang L, Huang Y, Du W. Virgibacillus indicus sp. nov. and Virgibacillus profundi sp. nov, two moderately halophilic bacteria isolated from marine sediment by using microfluidic streak plates. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2015-2023. 🇨🇳

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