Genus Brevibacillus

Name: Brevibacillus Shida et al. 1996

Category, proposed as: genus, 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, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Brevibacill-), bre-wi-ba-KIL-lus

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Brevibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Brevibacillales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Brevibacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Brevibacillales Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺
  • 🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Oxalophagaceae Li et al. 2024. Publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳
  • 🚋 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 (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Berevibacillus"; "Brevibaccillus"; "Brevibacilis"; "Brevihacillus"; "Brewbacillus"; "Erevibscillus"; "Vibacillus".
  • 💁 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: 26; NRRL: 15; JCM: 13; ATCC: 13; LMG: 13; KCTC: 9; NBRC: 9; CIP: 8; IFO: 7; NCIMB: 7.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 35
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 35
Total number of child taxa: 38

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Brevibacillus agri (Nakamura 1993 ex Laubach and Rice 1916) Shida et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus antibioticus Choi et al. 2026	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus aydinogluensis Inan et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus borstelensis (Shida et al. 1995 ex Porter 1940) 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 ex Ford 1916) 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 daliensis Ye et al. 2024	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 ex Porter 1940) 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 humidisoli Lee et al. 2023	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 nigriterrae" Xiao et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred 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 ruminantium Kim et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus schisleri Johnson and Dunlap 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus sedimenti Patel et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Brevibacillus sediminis Xian et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Brevibacillus soli" Ma et al. 2026	not validly published	preferred name
    "Brevibacillus texasporus" Wu et al. 2005	not validly published	preferred name
    Brevibacillus thermoruber (Manachini et al. 1985 ex Guicciardi et al. 1968) 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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