Aeribacillus

The name Aeribacillus derives from: Latin noun aer aeris, air; Latin masculine gender noun bacillus, a small rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Aeribacillus, aerobic small rod.^[2] The name Aeribacillus pallidus (Scholz et al. 1988) Miñana-Galbis et al. 2010, (Type species of the genus).; Latin masculine gender adjective pallidus, pale, pallid, referring to the pale colony colour.^[1]

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)^[2] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).^[3]