Amphibacillus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Amphibacillus

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Amphibacillus Niimura et al. 1990, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Amphibacillus xylanus Niimura et al. 1990.
Etymology: Gr. pref. amphi, both sides or double; L. dim. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Amphibacillus, rod capable of both aerobic and anaerobic growth.
Reference: NIIMURA (Y.), KOH (E.), YANAGIDA (F.), SUZUKI (K.I.), KOMAGATA (K.) and KOZAKI (M.): Amphibacillus xylanus gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic sporeforming xylan-digesting bacterium which lacks cytochrome, quinone, and catalase. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 297-301.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Amphibacillus Niimura et al. 1990 emend. An et al. 2007.
Type species: ¤ Amphibacillus xylanus Niimura et al. 1990.
Etymology: Gr. pref. amphi, both sides or double; L. dim. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Amphibacillus, rod capable of both aerobic and anaerobic growth.
Reference: AN (S.Y.), ISHIKAWA (S.), KASAI (H.), GOTO (K.) and YOKOTA (A.): Amphibacillus sediminis sp. nov., an endospore-forming bacterium isolated from lake sediment in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2489-2492.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Amphibacillus fermentum Zhilina et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Z-7984 = DSM 13869 = UNIQEM 210.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF418603.
Etymology: L. n. fermentum, that which causes fermentation, ferment.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 85. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 685-690. [ZHILINA (T.N.), GARNOVA (E.S.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): Amphibacillus fermentum sp. nov. and Amphibacillus tropicus sp. nov., new alkaliphilic, facultatively anaerobic, saccharolytic bacilli from Lake Magadi. Mikrobiologiya, 2001, 70, 825-837 (in Russian). English translation: Microbiology, 2001, 70, 711-722.]
Validation List N° 85 in IJSEM Online (PDF Format) - Effective publication Online

Note: In Validation List n° 85, the acronym of the Unique & Extremophilic Microorganisms (Collection of Unique Microbial Cultures, Russian Academy of Sciences) is cited as Uniqem.

Amphibacillus jilinensis Wu et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Y1 = CGMCC 1.5123 = JCM 16149.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ169626.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. jilinensis, of or pertaining to Jilin, a province of north-east China, from which the sample that yielded the type strain was collected.
Reference: WU (X.Y.), ZHENG (G.), ZHANG (W.W.), XU (X.W.), WU (M.) and ZHU (X.F.): Amphibacillus jilinensis sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic, alkaliphilic bacillus from a soda lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2540-2543.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Amphibacillus sediminis An et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Shu-P-Ggiii25-2 = IAM 15428 = JCM 23213 = KCTC 13120 = MBIC08269 = NBRC 103570.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB243866.
Etymology: L. gen. n. sediminis, of a sediment.
Reference: AN (S.Y.), ISHIKAWA (S.), KASAI (H.), GOTO (K.) and YOKOTA (A.): Amphibacillus sediminis sp. nov., an endospore-forming bacterium isolated from lake sediment in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 2489-2492.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Amphibacillus tropicus Zhilina et al. 2002, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Z-7792 = DSM 13870 = UNIQEM 212.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF418602.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical, an organism isolated from a tropical lake.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 85. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 685-690. [ZHILINA (T.N.), GARNOVA (E.S.), TOUROVA (T.P.), KOSTRIKINA (N.A.) and ZAVARZIN (G.A.): Amphibacillus fermentum sp. nov. and Amphibacillus tropicus sp. nov., new alkaliphilic, facultatively anaerobic, saccharolytic bacilli from Lake Magadi. Mikrobiologiya, 2001, 70, 825-837 (in Russian). English translation: Microbiology, 2001, 70, 711-722.]
Validation List N° 85 in IJSEM Online (PDF Format) - Effective publication Online

Note: In Validation List n° 85, the acronym of the Unique & Extremophilic Microorganisms (Collection of Unique Microbial Cultures, Russian Academy of Sciences) is cited as Uniqem.

Amphibacillus xylanus Niimura et al. 1990, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Ep01 = ATCC 51415 = DSM 6626 = IFO (now NBRC) 15112 = JCM 7361 = LMG 17667.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: D82065.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. xylanus, pertaining to xylan.
Reference: NIIMURA (Y.), KOH (E.), YANAGIDA (F.), SUZUKI (K.I.), KOMAGATA (K.) and KOZAKI (M.): Amphibacillus xylanus gen. nov., sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic sporeforming xylan-digesting bacterium which lacks cytochrome, quinone, and catalase. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1990, 40, 297-301.
Original article in IJSEM Online