Name: Aneurinibacillus aneurinilyticus corrig. (Shida et al. 1994 ex Kimura and Aoyama 1952) Shida et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus aneurinilyticus corrig. (ex Kimura and Aoyama 1952) Shida et al. 1994

Etymology: a.neu.ri.ni.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. aneurinum, thiamine; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. aneurinilyticus, decomposing thiamine

Pronunciation, gender: a-ne͡u-ri-ni-LY-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12856; DSM 5562; IAM 1077; IFO 15521; JCM 9024; NBRC 15521

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16S rRNA gene: AB101592 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Komagata K. Proposal for two new genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:939-946.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus aneurinilyticus corrig. (ex Kimura and Aoyama 1952) Shida et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus aneurinolyticus (ex Kimura and Aoyama 1952) Shida et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Aneurinibacillus aneurinolyticus (Shida et al. 1994 ex Kimura and Aoyama 1952) Shida et al. 1996	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Heyndrickx et al. 1997 Heyndrickx M, Lebbe L, Vancanneyt M, Kersters K, De Vos P, Logan NA, Forsyth G, Nazli S, Ali N, Berkeley RCW. A polyphasic reassessment of the genus Aneurinibacillus, reclassification of Bacillus thermoaerophilus (Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996) as Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus comb. nov., and emended descriptions of A. aneurinilyticus corrig., and A. migulanus, and A. thermoaerophilus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:808-817. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Aneurinibacillus Shida et al. 1996. Publication: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Komagata K. Proposal for two new genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:939-946.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 22 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 Listed as aneurinolyticus in the notification list. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Parent taxon: Aneurinibacillus Shida et al. 1996

Assigned by: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Komagata K. Proposal for two new genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:939-946.

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