Rossellomorea
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| Rossellomorea | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Kingdom: | Bacillati |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Rossellomoreaceae |
| Genus: | Rossellomorea Gupta et al. 2020[1] |
| Type species | |
| Rossellomorea aquimaris (Yoon et al. 2003) Gupta et al. 2020 | |
| Species[2] | |
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Rossellomorea is a genus of Gram-positive or Gram-variable staining rod-shaped bacteria in the family Bacillaceae from the order Bacillales.[3][4] The type species of this genus is Rossellomorea aquimaris.[1]
Members of Rossellomorea are previously species belonging to Bacillus, a genus that has been recognized by the scientific community as displaying phylogenetic heterogeneity among its members.[5][6] Multiple studies using comparative phylogenetic analyses have been published in an attempt to clarify the evolutionary relationships between Bacillus species, resulting in the establishment of numerous novel genera such as Alkalihalobacillus, Brevibacillus, Solibacillus, Alicyclobacillus, Virgibacillus and Evansella.[7][8][9][10][11][3] In addition, the genus Bacillus has been restricted to only include species closely related to Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus.[7][3]
The name Rossellomorea was named after the Spanish microbiologist Professor Ramon Rossello-Móra, of the Universitat de les illes Balears, Spain, for his work on microbial diversity and systematics in diverse habitats and his contributions to these fields as editor of the journal of Systematic and Applied Microbiology.[3]