Name: Amphibacillus indicireducens Hirota et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.di.ci.re.du’cens. L. neut. adj. indicum, indigo (also as noun); L. pres. part. reducens, bringing or leading back, used to mean ‘reducing’; N.L. masc. part. adj. indicireducens, indigo-reducing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: am-p^hi-ba-KIL-lus in-di-ki-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: C40; DSM 27992; JCM 17250; NCIMB 14686

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16S rRNA gene: AB665218 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hirota K, Aino K, Nodasaka Y, Morita N, Yumoto I. Amphibacillus indicireducens sp. nov., an alkaliphile that reduces an indigo dye. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:464-469. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1581-1583.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Amphibacillus Niimura et al. 1990

Assigned by: Hirota K, Aino K, Nodasaka Y, Morita N, Yumoto I. Amphibacillus indicireducens sp. nov., an alkaliphile that reduces an indigo dye. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:464-469. 🇯🇵

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