Name: Niallia circulans (Jordan 1890) Gupta et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus circulans Jordan 1890 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: cir’cu.lans. L. fem. part. adj. circulans, making circles or round, circling

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 24; ATCC 4513; ATCC 9140; BCRC 10605; CCM 2048; CCRC 10605; CCUG 7416; CIP 52.75; DSM 11; HAMBI 1911; IAM 12462; IFO 13626; JCM 2504; LMG 13261; LMG 6926; NBIMCC 1042; NBRC 13626; NCCB 75011; NCDO 1775; NCFB 1775; NCIB 9374; NCIMB 9374; NCTC 2610; NRRL B-378; NRRL B-380; VKM B-1242

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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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus circulans Jordan 1890 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Niallia Gupta et al. 2020. 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.
  • 😷 The taxon name shown here has no risk group assigned, but is the homotypic synonym of Bacillus circulans Jordan 1890 (Approved Lists 1980), which has a risk group (Swiss Confederation) above 1. This may require that the name shown here is not treated as the correct name for practical purposes.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Niallia Gupta et al. 2020

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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