Pontibacillus

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

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").

Pontibacillus Lim et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Pontibacillus chungwhensis Lim et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. n. pontus, the sea; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff, a wand; N.L. masc. n. Pontibacillus, bacillus pertaining to the sea.
Reference: LIM (J.M.), JEON (C.O.), SONG (S.M.) and KIM (C.J.): Pontibacillus chungwhensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a solar saltern in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 165-170.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Pontibacillus Lim et al. 2005 emend. Lim et al. 2005.
Type species: ¤ Pontibacillus chungwhensis Lim et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. n. pontus, the sea; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff, a wand; N.L. masc. n. Pontibacillus, bacillus pertaining to the sea.
Reference: LIM (J.M.), JEON (C.O.), PARK (D.J.), KIM (H.R.), YOON (B.J.) and KIM (C.J.): Pontibacillus marinus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Pontibacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1027-1031.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Pontibacillus Lim et al. 2005 emend. Chen et al. 2010.
Type species: ¤ Pontibacillus chungwhensis Lim et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. n. pontus, the sea; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff, a wand; N.L. masc. n. Pontibacillus, bacillus pertaining to the sea.
Reference: CHEN (Y.G.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), YI (L.B.), LI (Z.Y.), WANG (Y.X.), XIAO (H.D.), CHEN (Q.H.), CUI (X.L.) and LI (W.J.): Pontibacillus litoralis sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from a sea anemone, and emended description of the genus Pontibacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 560-565.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pontibacillus chungwhensis Lim et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain BH030062 = DSM 16287 = KCTC 3890.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY553296.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. chungwhensis, pertaining to Chungwha, where the organism was isolated.
Reference: LIM (J.M.), JEON (C.O.), SONG (S.M.) and KIM (C.J.): Pontibacillus chungwhensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a solar saltern in Korea. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 165-170.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pontibacillus halophilus Chen et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JSM 076056 = CCTCC AA 207029 = DSM 19796 = KCTC 13190.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU583728.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. masc. adj. philus (from Gr. masc. adj. philos), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving.
Reference: CHEN (Y.G.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), XIAO (H.D.), LIU (Z.X.), YI (L.B.), SHI (J.X.), ZHI (X.Y.), CUI (X.L.) and LI (W.J.): Pontibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a sea urchin. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 1635-1639.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pontibacillus litoralis Chen et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain JSM 072002 = DSM 21186 = KCTC 13237.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU583724.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. litoralis, of or belonging to the seashore.
Reference: CHEN (Y.G.), ZHANG (Y.Q.), YI (L.B.), LI (Z.Y.), WANG (Y.X.), XIAO (H.D.), CHEN (Q.H.), CUI (X.L.) and LI (W.J.): Pontibacillus litoralis sp. nov., a facultatively anaerobic bacterium isolated from a sea anemone, and emended description of the genus Pontibacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 560-565.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pontibacillus marinus Lim et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain BH030004 = DSM 16465 = KCTC 3917.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AY603977.
Etymology: L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine.
Reference: LIM (J.M.), JEON (C.O.), PARK (D.J.), KIM (H.R.), YOON (B.J.) and KIM (C.J.): Pontibacillus marinus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium from a solar saltern, and emended description of the genus Pontibacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1027-1031.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Pontibacillus yanchengensis Yang et al. 2011, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Y32 = CCTCC AB 209311 = CGMCC 1.10680 = NRRL B-59408.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF533969.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. yanchengensis, of or belonging to Yancheng, as the type strain was isolated from a salt field in Yancheng.
Reference: YANG (Y.), ZOU (Z.), HE (M.) and WANG (G.): Pontibacillus yanchengensis sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from salt field soil. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2011, 61, 1906-1911.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: In the paper by Yang et al. 2011, the type strain CCTCC AB 209311 is cited as CCTCC AB209311.