Name: Brevibacillus Shida et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Bre.vi.ba.cil.lus. L. masc./fem. adj. brevis, short; L. masc. n. bacillus, small rod; N.L. masc. n. Brevibacillus, short, small rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Brevibacill-)

Type species: Brevibacillus brevis (Migula 1900) Shida et al. 1996

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Komagata K. Proposal for two new genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:939-946.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Brevibaccillus"; "Brevibacilis"; "Brevihacillus"; "Brewbacillus"; "Erevibscillus".
  • Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Allan et al. (2005). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 25; NRRL: 15; JCM: 13; ATCC: 13; LMG: 12; CIP: 8; NBRC: 8; NCIMB: 7; IFO: 7; KCTC: 4.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 30
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 30
Total number of child taxa: 32

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Brevibacillus agri (Nakamura 1993) Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacillus antibioticus" Choi et al. 2019	not validly published
    Brevibacillus aydinogluensis Inan et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus borstelensis (Shida et al. 1995) Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus brevis (Migula 1900) Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus centrosporus (Nakamura 1993) Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus choshinensis (Takagi et al. 1993) Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus composti Tang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus dissolubilis Li et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus fluminis Choi et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus formosus (Shida et al. 1995) Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus fortis Johnson and Dunlap 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus fulvus Hatayama et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus gelatini Inan et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus ginsengisoli Baek et al. 2006	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus halotolerans Song et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus invocatus Logan et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus laterosporus (Laubach 1916) Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus levickii Allan et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus limnophilus Goto et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus marinus Wang et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus massiliensis Hugon et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus migulae Niu et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus nitrificans Takebe et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus panacihumi Kim et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus parabrevis (Takagi et al. 1993) Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus porteri Johnson and Dunlap 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus reuszeri (Shida et al. 1995) Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus schisleri Johnson and Dunlap 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus sediminis Xian et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacillus texasporus" Wu et al. 2005	not validly published
    Brevibacillus thermoruber (Manachini et al. 1985) Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010

Assigned by: De Vos P, Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Family IV. Paenibacillaceae fam. nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 269.

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