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Allobacillus

Allobacillus is a Gram-positive and aerobic genus of bacteria from the family Bacillaceae. Allobacillus halotolerans has been isolated from shrimp paste.

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Allobacillus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Allobacillus
Sheu et al. 20111
Type species
Allobacillus halotolerans
Sheu et al. 2011
Species
  • Allobacillus halotolerans
  • Allobacillus salarius
  • Allobacillus saliphilus

Allobacillus is a Gram-positive and aerobic genus of bacteria from the family Bacillaceae.1234 Allobacillus halotolerans has been isolated from shrimp paste.4

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)1 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).5

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024678 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS22091011
Allobacillus

A. halotolerans

A. salarius

Allobacillus saliphilus

Halalkalibacillus

other

Allobacillus

A. halotolerans Sheu et al. 2011

A. salarius Yiamsombut et al. 2022

A. saliphilus Yiamsombut et al. 2022

References

References

  1. J.P. Euzéby. "Allobacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  2. "Allobacillus". Www.uniprot.org.
  3. Parker, Charles Thomas; Taylor, Dorothea; Garrity, George M (2011). Parker, Charles Thomas; Garrity, George M (eds.). "Nomenclature Abstract for Allobacillus Sheu et al. 2011". The NamesforLife Abstracts. doi:10.1601/nm.21390.
  4. Sheu, SY; Arun, AB; Jiang, SR; Young, CC; Chen, WM (May 2011). "Allobacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from shrimp paste". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 61 (Pt 5): 1023–7. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.023341-0. PMID 20511460.
  5. Sayers; et al. "Allobacillus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  6. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.