Species "Bacillus acidophilus"

Name: "Bacillus acidophilus" Moro 1900

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ci.do’phi.lus. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; from L. masc. adj. acidus, sour; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. acidophilus, acid-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-ki-DO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 4356; CCUG 5917; CIP 76.13; DSM 20079; IFO 13951; JCM 1132; LMG 13550; LMG 9433; NBIMCC 8896; NBRC 13951; NCTC 12980; NRRL B-4495; VKM B-1660

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: M58802 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Moro E. Über den Bacillus acidophilus n. sp. Jahrbuch fur Kinderheilkunde und physiche Erziehung 1900; 52:38-55.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Lactobacillus acidophilus (Moro 1900) Hansen and Mocquot 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Lactobacillus acidophilus (Moro 1900) Hansen and Mocquot 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 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". — 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Moro E. Über den Bacillus acidophilus n. sp. Jahrbuch fur Kinderheilkunde und physiche Erziehung 1900; 52:38-55.

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Record number: 4119

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Species "Bacillus acidophilus"