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Aeribacillus

Aeribacillus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).

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Aeribacillus
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Aeribacillus
Miñana-Galbis et al. 20101
Type species
Aeribacillus pallidus
(Scholz et al. 1988) Miñana-Galbis et al. 2010
Species2
  • A. alveayuensis
  • A. composti
  • A. kexueae
  • A. pallidus

Aeribacillus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).2

Etymology

The name Aeribacillus derives from: Latin noun aer aeris, air; Latin masculine gender noun bacillus, a small rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Aeribacillus, aerobic small rod.2 The name Aeribacillus pallidus (Scholz et al. 1988) Miñana-Galbis et al. 2010, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective pallidus, pale, pallid, referring to the pale colony colour.1

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)2 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).3

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024456 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220789
Aeribacillus

A. composti

A. pallidus (Scholz et al. 1988) Miñana-Galbis et al. 2010

Aeribacillus

A. kexueae (Sun et al. 2018) Li et al. 2024

A. alveayuensis (Bae, Lee & Kim 2005) Li et al. 2024

A. composti Finore et al. 2017

References

References

  1. Minana-Galbis, D.; Pinzon, D. L.; Loren, J. G.; Manresa, A.; Oliart-Ros, R. M. (2009). "Reclassification of Geobacillus pallidus (Scholz et al. 1988) Banat et al. 2004 as Aeribacillus pallidus gen. Nov., comb. Nov". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (7): 1600–1604. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.003699-0. hdl:2445/169198. PMID 19700455.
  2. A.C. Parte; et al. "Aeribacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Aeribacillus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  4. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  5. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  8. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.