Species Anaerobacillus arseniciselenatis

Name: Anaerobacillus arseniciselenatis (Switzer Blum et al. 2001) Zavarzina et al. 2010

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus arseniciselenatis corrig. Switzer Blum et al. 2001

Etymology: ar.se.ni.ci.se.le’na.tis. N.L. gen. masc. n. selenatis, of selenate, because the organism reduces selenate to selenite; N.L. gen. neut. n. arseniciselenatis, of arsenic (and) selenate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: an-a-e-ro-ba-KIL-lus ar-se-ni-ki-se-LE-na-tis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700614; DSM 15340; E1H; KCTC 5192

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF064705 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zavarzina DG, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Boulygina ES, Zhilina TN. Description of Anaerobacillus alkalilacustre gen. nov., sp. nov. –Strictly anaerobic diazotrophic bacillus isolated from soda lake and transfer of Bacillus arseniciselenatis, Bacillus macyae, and Bacillus alkalidiazotrophicus to Anaerobacillus as the new combinations A. arseniciselenatis comb. nov., A. macyae comb. nov., and A. alkalidiazotrophicus comb. nov. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2009; 78:723-731. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 133. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1009-1010.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus arseniciselenatis corrig. Switzer Blum et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus arsenicoselenatis Switzer Blum et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anaerobacillus Zavarzina et al. 2010. Publication: Zavarzina DG, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Boulygina ES, Zhilina TN. Description of Anaerobacillus alkalilacustre gen. nov., sp. nov. –Strictly anaerobic diazotrophic bacillus isolated from soda lake and transfer of Bacillus arseniciselenatis, Bacillus macyae, and Bacillus alkalidiazotrophicus to Anaerobacillus as the new combinations A. arseniciselenatis comb. nov., A. macyae comb. nov., and A. alkalidiazotrophicus comb. nov. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2009; 78:723-731. 🇷🇺
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the personal name Switzer Blum is erroneously cited as Switzer-Blum. — 🧍 The accession numbers DSM 15340 and KCTC 5192 have been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 133. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1009-1010.

Parent taxon: Anaerobacillus Zavarzina et al. 2010

Assigned by: Zavarzina DG, Tourova TP, Kolganova TV, Boulygina ES, Zhilina TN. Description of Anaerobacillus alkalilacustre gen. nov., sp. nov. –Strictly anaerobic diazotrophic bacillus isolated from soda lake and transfer of Bacillus arseniciselenatis, Bacillus macyae, and Bacillus alkalidiazotrophicus to Anaerobacillus as the new combinations A. arseniciselenatis comb. nov., A. macyae comb. nov., and A. alkalidiazotrophicus comb. nov. Microbiology (English translation of Mikrobiologiia) 2009; 78:723-731. 🇷🇺

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