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Species Virgibacillus massiliensis
Name: Virgibacillus massiliensis Khelaifia et al. 2023
Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc. adj. massiliensis, from Massilia, the Roman name for Marseille, France, where the type strain was isolated
Type strain: CSUR P971; DSM 28587; Vm-5
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
HG931931
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Khelaifia S, Croce O, Lagier JC, Robert C, Couderc C, Di Pinto F, Davoust B, Djossou F, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Noncontiguous finished genome sequence and description of Virgibacillus massiliensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from human gut. New Microbes New Infect 2015; 8:78-88. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 209. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5709.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998
Assigned by:
Khelaifia S, Croce O, Lagier JC, Robert C, Couderc C, Di Pinto F, Davoust B, Djossou F, Raoult D, Fournier PE. Noncontiguous finished genome sequence and description of Virgibacillus massiliensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from human gut. New Microbes New Infect 2015; 8:78-88.
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Record number: 36180
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