Species ***Bacillus* *anthracis***

Name: Bacillus anthracis Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: an.thra.cis. from Gr. masc. n. anthrax, charcoal, a carbuncle; L. gen. masc. n. anthracis, of anthrax

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14578; CIP 66.17; NCTC 10340

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB190217 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cohn F. Untersuchungen über Bakterien. In: Cohn F (eds), Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1 (Heft 2), 1872, Max Müller, Breslau, 1875, p. 127-224.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 3

Notes:
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of the Bacillus cereus group was conducted by Liu et al. (2015). Publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Goker M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Wang M, Sun Y, Wang L, Shao Z. Genomic insights into the taxonomic status of the Bacillus cereus group. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14082.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cohn F. Untersuchungen über Bakterien. In: Cohn F (eds), Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1 (Heft 2), 1872, Max Müller, Breslau, 1875, p. 127-224.

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Species Bacillus anthracis

Species ***Bacillus* *anthracis***