Genus Priestia

Name: Priestia Gupta et al. 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pries’ti.a. N.L. fem. n. Priestia, named for the British microbiologist Prof. Fergus G. Priest (Heriot-Watt University, Edinbugth; 1948-2019) for his many contributions to the systematics and uses of the members of the genus Bacillus

Gender: feminine (stem: Priesti-)

Type species: Priestia megaterium (de Bary 1884) Gupta et al. 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

Notes:
- 🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Sutcliffiellaceae 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: De Bary A. Vergleichende Morphologie und Biologie der Pilze, Mycetozoen und Bacterien. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1884.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Prestia".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00219 (N = 6).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 10; KCTC: 6; JCM: 5; CIP: 4; NBRC: 3; MTCC: 3; CCM: 3; HAMBI: 2; CCTCC: 2; CCUG: 2.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 11
Total number of child taxa: 13

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Priestia abyssalis (You et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Priestia aryabhattai (Shivaji et al. 2009) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Priestia endophytica (Reva et al. 2002) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Priestia filamentosa (Sonalkar et al. 2015) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Priestia flexa (Priest et al. 1989 ex Batchelor 1919) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Priestia iocasae (Wang et al. 2017) Li et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Priestia koreensis (Lim et al. 2006) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Priestia megaterium (de Bary 1884) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Priestia paraflexa (Chandna et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Priestia pseudoflexus" (Chandna et al. 2016) Caldeira et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name
Priestia qingshengii (Xi et al. 2014) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Priestia taiwanensis (Liu et al. 2015) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Priestia veravalensis" Wagh et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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.

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Genus Priestia