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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Subspecies "Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. finitimus"

Name: "Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. finitimus" Heimpel and Angus 1958

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: fi.ni’ti.mus. L. masc. adj. finitimus, adjoining

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus thu-rin-gi-EN-sis fi-NI-ti-mus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: Ma-d-7000

Original publication: Heimpel AM, Angus TA. The taxonomy of insect pathogens related to Bacillus cereus Frankland and Frankland. Can J Microbiol 1958; 4:531-541.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

Parent taxon: Bacillus thuringiensis Berliner 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Heimpel AM, Angus TA. The taxonomy of insect pathogens related to Bacillus cereus Frankland and Frankland. Can J Microbiol 1958; 4:531-541.

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Record number: 21341

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