
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.5069
Name	Virgibacillus salexigens (Garabito et al. 1997) Heyrman et al. 2003
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(Garabito et al. 1997) Heyrman et al. 2003
Preferred Name	Virgibacillus salexigens
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.5069
Type Strain representative organism	C-20Mo^T (=ATCC 700290 =DSM 11483 =LMG 21520 =CCM 4646)


Proper Form	Virgibacillus salexigens (Garabito et al. 1997) Heyrman et al. 2003
Nomenclatural History	The species Virgibacillus salexigens was originally described and validly published by Heyrman et al. 2003. Heyrman et al. formed this name in 2003 by placing the species Salibacillus salexigens (Garabito et al. 1997) Wainø et al. 1999 into the genus Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998 emend. Heyrman et al. 2003.

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Virgibacillus salexigens (Garabito et al. 1997) Heyrman et al. 2003.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.5069.
Source File	10.1601/nm.5069.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 4, 2009.

References

Heyrman J, Logan NA, Busse HJ, Balcaen A, Lebbe L, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Swings J, 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. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijs.0.02371-0 [PubMed].