Fontibacillus

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Fontibacillus Saha et al. 2010, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Fontibacillus aquaticus Saha et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. masc. n. fons fontis, a spring, fountain; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Fontibacillus, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from a spring.
Reference: SAHA (P.), KRISHNAMURTHI (S.), BHATTACHARYA (A.), SHARMA (R.) and CHAKRABARTI (T.): Fontibacillus aquaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a warm spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 422-428.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Fontibacillus Saha et al. 2010 emend. Lee et al. 2011.
Type species: ¤ Fontibacillus aquaticus Saha et al. 2010.
Etymology: L. masc. n. fons fontis, a spring, fountain; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Fontibacillus, a rod-shaped bacterium isolated from a spring.
Reference: LEE (K.C.), KIM (K.K.), EOM (M.K.), KIM (M.J.) and LEE (J.S.): Fontibacillus panacisegetis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 369-374.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Fontibacillus aquaticus Saha et al. 2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain GPTSA 19 = DSM 17643 = MTCC 7155.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ023221.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. aquaticus, living, growing, or found in or by water, aquatic, referring to the isolation of the type strain from water.
Reference: SAHA (P.), KRISHNAMURTHI (S.), BHATTACHARYA (A.), SHARMA (R.) and CHAKRABARTI (T.): Fontibacillus aquaticus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a warm spring. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 422-428.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Fontibacillus panacisegetis Lee et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain P11-6 = CECT 7605 = KCTC 13564.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: GQ303568.
Etymology: N.L. n. Panax -acis, scientific name of ginseng; L. gen. n. segetis, of the soil; N.L. gen. n. panacisegetis, of soil of a ginseng field.
Reference: LEE (K.C.), KIM (K.K.), EOM (M.K.), KIM (M.J.) and LEE (J.S.): Fontibacillus panacisegetis sp. nov., isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 369-374.
Original article in IJSEM Online