Piscibacillus

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

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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").

Piscibacillus Tanasupawat et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Piscibacillus salipiscarius Tanasupawat et al. 2007.
Etymology: L. n. piscis, fish; L. masc. n. bacillus, small rod; N.L. masc. n. Piscibacillus, a rod from fish.
Reference: TANASUPAWAT (S.), NAMWONG (S.), KUDO (T.) and ITOH (T.): Piscibacillus salipiscarius gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from fermented fish (pla-ra) in Thailand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1413-1417.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Piscibacillus halophilus Amoozegar et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain: strain HS224 = CCM 7596 = DSM 21633 = JCM 15721 = LMG 24786.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FM864227.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving.
Reference: AMOOZEGAR (M.A.), SÁNCHEZ-PORRO (C.), ROHBAN (R.), HAJIGHASEMI (M.) and VENTOSA (A.): Piscibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a hypersaline Iranian lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 3095-3099.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Piscibacillus salipiscarius Tanasupawat et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain RBU1-1 = JCM 13188 = PCU 270 = TISTR 1571.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB194046.
Etymology: L. n. sal salis, salt; L. adj. piscarius, of or belonging to fish; N.L. masc. adj. salipiscarius, of or belonging to a salted fish.
Reference: TANASUPAWAT (S.), NAMWONG (S.), KUDO (T.) and ITOH (T.): Piscibacillus salipiscarius gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from fermented fish (pla-ra) in Thailand. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1413-1417.
Original article in IJSEM Online