| Evansella | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Domain: | Bacteria |
| Phylum: | Bacillota |
| Class: | Bacilli |
| Order: | Bacillales |
| Family: | Salisediminibacteriaceae |
| Genus: | Evansella Gupta et al. 2020 [1] |
| Type species | |
| Evansella caseinilytica corrig. (Nogi, Takami & Horikoshi 2005) Gupta et al. 2020 | |
| Species [1] | |
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Evansella is a genus of Gram-positive rod-shaped bacteria in the family Bacillaceae within the order Bacillales . [2] [3] The type species for this genus is Evansella cellulosilytica. [1]
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Members of Evansella was transferred from the genus Bacillus , a genus that has long been under close scrutiny by the scientific community due to its inclusion of many phylogenetically unrelated species. [4] [5] The original criteria used to assign species into Bacillus were vague and applied to many different species of bacteria, resulting in a large genus full of unrelated organisms with a diverse range of biochemical characteristics. [6] To clarify the taxonomic relationships within the genus, multiple phylogenetic studies have been conducted, resulting in the transfer of many species into novel genera such as Virgibacillus, Solibacillus, Brevibacillus and Ectobacillus. [7] [8] [9] [2] Additionally, Bacillus has been restricted only include species closely related to Bacillus subtilis and Bacillus cereus . [10] [2]
The name Evansella is chosen to celebrate the American microbiologist Dr. Alice Catherine Evans (1885-1975, US Department of Agriculture) in recognition of her contributions to the field of bacteriology. [2]
