Species Bacillus amylolyticus

Name: Bacillus amylolyticus (ex Choukévitch 1911) Nakamura 1984

Category: Species

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

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.cus. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. masc. adj. amylolyticus, dissolving starch

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 9995; DSM 11730; DSM 11747; DSM 15211; DSM 3034; NRRL B-377; NRRL NRS-290

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: D85396 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakamura LK. Bacillus amylolyticus sp. nov., nom. rev., Bacillus lautus sp. nov., nom. rev., Bacillus pabuli sp. nov., nom. rev., and Bacillus validus sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:224-226.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paenibacillus amylolyticus (Nakamura 1984 ex Choukévitch 1911) Ash et al. 1994

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paenibacillus amylolyticus (Nakamura 1984 ex Choukévitch 1911) Ash et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus amylolyticus 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 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nakamura LK. Bacillus amylolyticus sp. nov., nom. rev., Bacillus lautus sp. nov., nom. rev., Bacillus pabuli sp. nov., nom. rev., and Bacillus validus sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:224-226.

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Species Bacillus amylolyticus