Species ***Bacillus* *amyloliquefaciens***

Name: Bacillus amyloliquefaciens (ex Fukomoto 1943) Priest et al. 1987

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: a.my.lo.li.que.fa’ci.ens. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; L. v. liquefacio, to make liquid, to melt, dissolve, liquefy; N.L. masc. part. adj. amyloliquefaciens, strach digesting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23350; BCRC 11601; CCUG 28519; CFBP 4246; CIP 103265; DSM 7; Fukumoto strain F; HAMBI 1824; IFO 15535; LMG 12234; LMG 9814; NBRC 15535; NCAIM B.01704; NCIMB 12077; NRRL B-14393

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB325583 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Priest FG, Goodfellow M, Shute LA, Berkeley RCW. Bacillus amyloliquefaciens sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:69-71.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Wang et al. 2008 Wang LT, Lee FL, Tai CJ, Kuo HP. Bacillus velezensis is a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:671-675. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1273-1274.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Dunlap et al. (2016), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus velezensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005. Publication: Dunlap CA, Kim SJ, Kwon SW, Rooney AP. Bacillus velezensis is not a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens; Bacillus methylotrophicus, Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum and 'Bacillus oryzicola' are later heterotypic synonyms of Bacillus velezensis based on phylogenomics. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1212-1217.
- ⏰ According to Wang et al. (2008), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus velezensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005. Publication: Wang LT, Lee FL, Tai CJ, Kuo HP. Bacillus velezensis is a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus amyloliquefaciens. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:671-675.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.15900 (N = 107).
- 😷 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 2249 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🙆 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 paper by Priest et al. 1987, Fukumoto is spelled as Fukomoto. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. amyloliquefaciens (Priest et al. 1987 ex Fukomoto 1943) Borriss et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	synonym of its species
Bacillus amyloliquefaciens subsp. plantarum Borriss et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Priest FG, Goodfellow M, Shute LA, Berkeley RCW. Bacillus amyloliquefaciens sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1987; 37:69-71.

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Species Bacillus amyloliquefaciens

Species ***Bacillus* *amyloliquefaciens***