Name: Amphibacillus sediminis An et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sed.i.mi’nis. L. gen. neut. n. sediminis, of a sediment

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 21624; IAM 15428; JCM 23213; KCTC 13120; MBIC 8269; NBRC 103570; Shu-P-Ggiii25-2

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16S rRNA gene: AB243866 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: An SY, Ishikawa S, Kasai H, Goto K, Yokota A. Amphibacillus sediminis sp. nov., an endospore-forming bacterium isolated from lake sediment in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2489-2492.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Amphibacillus Niimura et al. 1990

Assigned by: An SY, Ishikawa S, Kasai H, Goto K, Yokota A. Amphibacillus sediminis sp. nov., an endospore-forming bacterium isolated from lake sediment in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2489-2492.

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Record number: 786902