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Yu Zhou1, Junfeng Xu, Lihong Xu
1Institute of Quality and Standard for Agricultural Products, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences (ZAAS), Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310021, PR China.
Abstract:
The prokaryotic species name Bacillus pallidus Zhou et al. 2008 is illegitimate because it is a later homonym of the name Bacillus pallidus Scholz et al. 1988 (Bacteria, Firmicutes, Bacillales, Bacillaceae, Bacillus). Although Bacillus pallidus Scholz et al. 1988 was transferred to the genus Geobacillus as Geobacillus pallidus comb. nov. in 2004, the species name Bacillus pallidus Scholz et al. 1988 remains validly published and has priority at that position [Principle 8 of the Bacteriological Code (1990 Revision)]. In order to solve this problem, a new name was sought for this taxon, represented by the type strain CW 7(T). In addition, the placement of this species in the genus Bacillus was reassessed. The data collected were re-examined as part of a taxonomic study using a polyphasic approach. It was concluded, primarily based on the chemotaxonomic data, that strain CW 7(T) did not belong to the genus Bacillus, but should be placed in a new genus, for which the name Falsibacillus gen. nov. is proposed. The genus currently comprises a single species, Falsibacillus pallidus comb. nov. represented by the type strain CW 7(T) (=KCTC 13200(T)=CCTCC AB 207188(T)=LMG 24451(T)).
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