Gracilibacillus

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

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Number of species cited in this file: 9
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Gracilibacillus Wainø et al. 1999, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Gracilibacillus halotolerans Wainø et al. 1999.
Etymology: L. adj. gracilis, slender; L. masc. n. bacillus, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Gracilibacillus, the slender bacillus/rod.
Reference: WAINØ (M.), TINDALL (B.J.), SCHUMANN (P.) and INGVORSEN (K.): Gracilibacillus gen. nov., with description of Gracilibacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.; transfer of Bacillus dipsosauri to Gracilibacillus dipsosauri comb. nov., and Bacillus salexigens to the genus Salibacillus gen. nov., as Salibacillus salexigens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 821-831.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gracilibacillus boraciitolerans Ahmed et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain T-16X = ATCC BAA-1190 = DSM 17256 = IAM 15263 = JCM 21714.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB197126.
Etymology: N.L. n. boracium, boron; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. boraciitolerans, boron-tolerating.
Reference: AHMED (I.), YOKOTA (A.) and FUJIWARA (T.): Gracilibacillus boraciitolerans sp. nov., a highly boron-tolerant and moderately halotolerant bacterium isolated from soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 796-802.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gracilibacillus dipsosauri (Lawson et al. 1996) Wainø et al. 1999, comb. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain DD1 = ATCC 700347 = CIP 105095 = DSM 11125 = LMG 17413 = NCIMB 703027 (formerly NCFB 3027) = NRRL B-23348.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB101591.
Basonym: ¤ Bacillus dipsosauri Lawson et al. 1996.
Etymology: N.L. n. Dipsosaurus, scientific genus name of the desert iguana; N.L. gen. n. dipsosauri, of the desert iguana because it was first isolated from the nasal salt glands of the desert iguana.
Reference: WAINØ (M.), TINDALL (B.J.), SCHUMANN (P.) and INGVORSEN (K.): Gracilibacillus gen. nov., with description of Gracilibacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.; transfer of Bacillus dipsosauri to Gracilibacillus dipsosauri comb. nov., and Bacillus salexigens to the genus Salibacillus gen. nov., as Salibacillus salexigens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 821-831.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gracilibacillus halophilus Chen et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YIM-C55.5 = CGMCC 1.6303 = DSM 17856.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU135704.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. adj. philos), loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving.
Reference: CHEN (Y.G.), CUI (X.L.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), LI (W.J.), WANG (Y.X.), XU (L.H.), PENG (Q), WEN (M.L.) and JIANG (C.L.): Gracilibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2403-2408.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gracilibacillus halotolerans Wainø et al. 1999, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain NN = ATCC 700849 = DSM 11805 = JCM 10718.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF036922.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. part. adj. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating.
Reference: WAINØ (M.), TINDALL (B.J.), SCHUMANN (P.) and INGVORSEN (K.): Gracilibacillus gen. nov., with description of Gracilibacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.; transfer of Bacillus dipsosauri to Gracilibacillus dipsosauri comb. nov., and Bacillus salexigens to the genus Salibacillus gen. nov., as Salibacillus salexigens comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1999, 49, 821-831.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gracilibacillus lacisalsi Jeon et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain BH312 = DSM 19029 = KCTC 13129.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ664540.
Etymology: L. masc. n. lacus, lake; L. adj. salsus, salted, salt; N.L. gen. n. lacisalsi, of a salt lake.
Reference: JEON (C.O.), LIM (J.M.), JANG (H.H.), PARK (D.J.), XU (L.H.), JIANG (C.L.) and KIM (C.J.): Gracilibacillus lacisalsi sp. nov., a halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a salt lake in China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2282-2286.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gracilibacillus orientalis Carrasco et al. 2006, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain XH-63 = AS 1.4250 = CCM 7326 = CECT 7097.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AM040716.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. orientalis, eastern, bacterium inhabiting the East.
Reference: CARRASCO (I.J.), MÁRQUEZ (M.C.), YANFEN (X.), MA (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), JONES (B.E.), GRANT (W.D.) and VENTOSA (A.): Gracilibacillus orientalis sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in Inner Mongolia, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 599-604.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gracilibacillus saliphilus Tang et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain YIM 91119 = CCTCC AA 208015 = DSM 19802.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU784646.
Etymology: L. n. sal salis, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. saliphilus, salt-loving.
Reference: TANG (S.K.), WANG (Y.), LOU (K.), MAO (P.H.), JIN (X.), JIANG (C.L.), XU (L.H.) and LI (W.J.): Gracilibacillus saliphilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1620-1624.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gracilibacillus thailandensis Chamroensaksri et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain TP2-8 = JCM 15569 = PCU 304 = TISTR 1881.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: FJ182214.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. thailandensis, of or pertaining to Thailand, where the type strain was isolated.
Reference: CHAMROENSAKSRI (N.), TANASUPAWAT (S.), AKARACHARANYA (A.), VISESSANGUAN (W.), KUDO (T.) and ITOH (T.): Gracilibacillus thailandensis sp. nov., from fermented fish (pla-ra). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 944-948.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Gracilibacillus ureilyticus Huo et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MF38 = CGMCC 1.7727 = JCM 15711.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU709020.
Etymology: N.L. n. urea, urea; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus (from Gr. masc. adj. lutikos), able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. ureilyticus, urea-dissolving.
Reference: HUO (Y.Y.), XU (X.W.), CUI (H.L.) and WU (M.): Gracilibacillus ureilyticus sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium from a saline–alkaline soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1383-1386.
Original article in IJSEM Online