Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.5008

Name

Amphibacillus Niimura et al. 1990 emend. Ren et al. 2013

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Members

species	Amphibacillus xylanus Niimura et al. 1990
species	Amphibacillus cookii Pugin et al. 2012
species	Amphibacillus fermentum Zhilina et al. 2002
species	Amphibacillus iburiensis Hirota et al. 2013
species	Amphibacillus indicireducens Hirota et al. 2013
species	Amphibacillus jilinensis Wu et al. 2010
species	Amphibacillus marinus Ren et al. 2013
species	Amphibacillus sediminis An et al. 2007
species	Amphibacillus tropicus Zhilina et al. 2002

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010
order Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)
family Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
genus Amphibacillus Niimura et al. 1990 emend. Ren et al. 2013

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Amphibacillus Niimura et al. 1990 emend. Ren et al. 2013. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.5008.

Source File

10.1601/tx.5008.xml


This information was last reviewed on June 27, 2017.

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