Rummeliibacillus

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

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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").

Rummeliibacillus Vaishampayan et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Rummeliibacillus stabekisii Vaishampayan et al. 2009.
Etymology: N.L. n. Rummelius, Rummel; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod, and also a bacterial genus name (Bacillus); N.L. masc. n. Rummeliibacillus, a bacterium close to the genus Bacillus and named in honour of former NASA Planetary Protection Officer Dr John Rummel, an astrobiologist responsible for bringing planetary protection into the public domain.
Reference: VAISHAMPAYAN (P.), MIYASHITA (M.), OHNISHI (A.), SATOMI (M.), ROONEY (A.), LA DUC (M.T.) and VENKATESWARAN (K.): Description of Rummeliibacillus stabekisii gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus pycnus Nakamura et al. 2002 as Rummeliibacillus pycnus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1094-1099.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rummeliibacillus pycnus (Nakamura et al. 2002) Vaishampayan et al. 2009, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DSM 15030 = JCM 11075 = NBRC 101231 = NRRL NRS-1691.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB271739.
Basonym: ¤ Bacillus pycnus Nakamura et al. 2002.
Etymology: Gr adj. puknos, thick; N.L. masc. adj. pycnus, thick, referring to thick cells.
Reference: VAISHAMPAYAN (P.), MIYASHITA (M.), OHNISHI (A.), SATOMI (M.), ROONEY (A.), LA DUC (M.T.) and VENKATESWARAN (K.): Description of Rummeliibacillus stabekisii gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus pycnus Nakamura et al. 2002 as Rummeliibacillus pycnus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1094-1099.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Rummeliibacillus stabekisii Vaishampayan et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain KSC-SF6g = NBRC 104870 = NRRL B-51320.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ870754.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. stabekisii, of Stabekis, in honour of Perry Stabekis, a great source of advice and wisdom to the NASA Planetary Protection Program and its officers.
Reference: VAISHAMPAYAN (P.), MIYASHITA (M.), OHNISHI (A.), SATOMI (M.), ROONEY (A.), LA DUC (M.T.) and VENKATESWARAN (K.): Description of Rummeliibacillus stabekisii gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus pycnus Nakamura et al. 2002 as Rummeliibacillus pycnus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1094-1099.
Original article in IJSEM Online