Genus Bacillus

Name: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ba.cil’lus. L. masc. n. Bacillus, a small staff, a wand, a rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Bacill-)

Type species: Bacillus subtilis (Ehrenberg 1835) Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cohn F. Untersuchungen über Bakterien. In: Cohn F (eds), Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1 (Heft 2), 1872, Max Müller, Breslau, 1875, p. 127-224.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 109
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 426
Total number of child taxa: 632

Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.

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Record number: 515217
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