Name: Thalassobacillus pellis Sánchez-Porro et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pel’lis. L. fem. n. pellis (gen. pellis), hide, tanned hide, leather; L. gen. fem. n. pellis, of/from hide, tanned hide, leather, isolated from salted hides that are used in the leather industry

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 18 OM; CECT 7566; DSM 22784; JCM 16412

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16S rRNA gene: FN690978 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sanchez-Porro C, Yilmaz P, de la Haba RR, Birbir M, Ventosa A. Thalassobacillus pellis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium isolated from salted hides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1206-1210.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thalassobacillus García et al. 2005

Assigned by: Sanchez-Porro C, Yilmaz P, de la Haba RR, Birbir M, Ventosa A. Thalassobacillus pellis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-positive bacterium isolated from salted hides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1206-1210.

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Record number: 789223