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Name: Niallia Gupta et al. 2020
Etymology: Ni.al’li.a. N.L. fem. n. Niallia, named for the British microbiologist Prof. Niall A. Logan, Glasgow Caledonian University, for his many contributions to the systematics and uses of the members of the genus Bacillus
Gender: feminine (stem: Nialli-)
Type species: Niallia circulans (Jordan 1890) Gupta et al. 2020
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Correct name: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name | Kind |
---|---|
Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980) | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
Weizmannia Gupta et al. 2020 | heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP |
"Maribacillus" Liu et al. 2019 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
"Quasibacillus" Verma et al. 2017 | heterotypic synonym, not validly published |
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 8
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
---|---|---|
"Niallia alba" Thorat et al. 2022 | not validly published | preferred name |
Niallia circulans (Jordan 1890) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Niallia endozanthoxylica (Ma et al. 2017) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
"Niallia hominis" Hitch et al. 2025 | not validly published | preferred name |
Niallia nealsonii (Venkateswaran et al. 2003) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Niallia oryzisoli (Zhang et al. 2016) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Niallia taxi (Tuo et al. 2020) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | synonym |
Niallia tiangongensis Yuan et al. 2025 | validly published under the ICNP | orphaned species |
Parent taxon: Cytobacillaceae Li et al. 2024
Assigned by:
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.
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Record number: 14519