Species Bacillus abyssalis

Name: Bacillus abyssalis You et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.bys’sa.lis. L. fem. n. abyssus, an abyss, deep sea; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -alis, suffix denoting pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. abyssalis, pertaining to the abyssal depths of the ocean

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2012074; DSM 25875; NBRC 109102; SCSIO 15042

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JX232168 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: You ZQ, Li J, Qin S, Tian XP, Wang FZ, Zhang S, Li WJ. Bacillus abyssalis sp. nov., isolated from a sediment of the South China Sea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:963-969.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 153. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3131-3134.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Priestia abyssalis (You et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Priestia abyssalis (You et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus abyssalis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacillus.
- 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: You ZQ, Li J, Qin S, Tian XP, Wang FZ, Zhang S, Li WJ. Bacillus abyssalis sp. nov., isolated from a sediment of the South China Sea. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:963-969.

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Record number: 790730

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Species Bacillus abyssalis