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Virgibacillus Heyndrickx, Lebbe, Kersters, De Vos, Forsyth & Logan, 1998 
AphiaID: 564479

Classification: Biota > Bacteria (Kingdom) > Firmicutes (Phylum) > Bacili (Class) > Bacillales (Order) > Bacillaceae (Family)
Status accepted
Record
status		 Added by Database Management Team
Rank Genus
Parent Bacillaceae
Sources  basis of record: Heyndrickx, M., Lebbe, L., Kersters, K., De Vos, P., Forsyth, C., and Logan,N.A. "Virgibacillus: a new genus to accommodate Bacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950). Emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1998) 48:99-106.  [details]

additional source: Heyrman, J., Logan, N.A., Busse, H.J., Balcaen, A., Lebbe, L., Rodriguez-Diaz, M., Swings, J., and De Vos, P. "Virgibacillus carmonensis sp. nov., Virgibacillus necropolis sp. nov. and Virgibacillus picturae sp. nov., three novel species isolated from deteriorated mural paintings, transfer of the species of the genus Salibacillus to Virgibacillus, as Virgibacillus marismortui comb. nov. and Virgibacillus salexigens comb.nov., and emended description of the genus Virgibacillus." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2003) 53:501-511. [details]

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taxa
[show all]		 Species Virgibacillus byunsanensis Yoon, Kang, Jung, Lee, Oh & Oh, 2010
Species Virgibacillus halodenitrificans (Denariaz, Payne, Le Gall, 1989) Yoon, Oh & Park, 2004
Species Virgibacillus marismortui Arahal, Marquez, Volcani, Schleifer & Ventosa, 1999
Species Virgibacillus zhanjiangensis Peng, Chen, Zhang, Chen, Peng, Cui, Li & Chen, 2009
Link To GenBank
LSID urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:564479
Taxonomic
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2011-03-10 08:33:26Z  created  Trias Verbeeck, Aina
  
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  Citation: WoRMS (2013). Virgibacillus Heyndrickx, Lebbe, Kersters, De Vos, Forsyth & Logan, 1998. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at http://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=564479 on 2013-05-23
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