Species Bacillus arseniciselenatis

Name: Bacillus arseniciselenatis corrig. Switzer Blum et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.se.ni.ci.se.le’na.tis. N.L. neut. adj. arsenicum, arsenic; N.L. masc. n. selenas (gen. selenatis), selenate; N.L. gen. neut. n. arseniciselenatis, of arsenic (and) selenate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus ar-se-ni-ki-se-LE-na-tis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700614; DSM 15340; E1H; KCTC 5192

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF064705 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Switzer Blum J, Burns Bindi A, Buzzelli J, Stolz JF, Oremland RS. Bacillus arsenicoselenatis, sp. nov., and Bacillus selenitireducens, sp. nov.: two haloalkaliphiles from Mono Lake, California that respire oxyanions of selenium and arsenic. Arch Microbiol 1998; 171:19-30. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 80. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:793-794.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Anaerobacillus arseniciselenatis (Switzer Blum et al. 2001) Zavarzina et al. 2010

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Anaerobacillus arseniciselenatis (Switzer Blum et al. 2001) Zavarzina et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Bacillus arsenicoselenatis Switzer Blum et al. 2001	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus arseniciselenatis 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 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 2026-08-13. 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 5 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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.
- 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30 [1], this new species is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However deposit in at least one other recognized culture collections in a different country is documented. In a Request for an Opinion, Euzéby and Tindall provide a solution whereby this name may be considered to be validly published [2]. Publication: De Vos P, Trüper HG. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematic Bacteriology. IXth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 14, 15 and 18 August 1999, Sydney, Australia. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2000; 50:2239-2244.
- 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet, arsenicoselenatis (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 80. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:793-794.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Switzer Blum J, Burns Bindi A, Buzzelli J, Stolz JF, Oremland RS. Bacillus arsenicoselenatis, sp. nov., and Bacillus selenitireducens, sp. nov.: two haloalkaliphiles from Mono Lake, California that respire oxyanions of selenium and arsenic. Arch Microbiol 1998; 171:19-30. 🇺🇸

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Species Bacillus arseniciselenatis