Name: Virgibacillus litoralis Chen et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: li.to.ra’lis. L. masc. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the seashore

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: wir-gi-ba-KIL-lus li-to-RA-lis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 21085; JSM 89168; KCTC 13228

16S rRNA gene: FJ425909 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Chen YG, Liu ZX, Peng DJ, Zhang YQ, Wang YX, Tang SK, Li WJ, Cui XL, Liu YQ. Virgibacillus litoralis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2009; 96:323-329. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998

Assigned by: Chen YG, Liu ZX, Peng DJ, Zhang YQ, Wang YX, Tang SK, Li WJ, Cui XL, Liu YQ. Virgibacillus litoralis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2009; 96:323-329. 🇨🇳

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