Species Bacillus arsenicus

Name: Bacillus arsenicus Shivaji et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ar.se’ni.cus. N.L. masc. adj. arsenicus, pertaining to arsenic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Con a/3; DSM 15822; JCM 12167; MTCC 4380

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ606700 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shivaji S, Suresh K, Chaturvedi P, Dube S, Sengupta S. Bacillus arsenicus sp. nov., an arsenic-resistant bacterium isolated from a siderite concretion in West Bengal, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1123-1127.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1747-1749.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Fictibacillus arsenicus (Shivaji et al. 2005) Glaeser et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Fictibacillus arsenicus (Shivaji et al. 2005) Glaeser et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
- ❗ Bacillus arsenicus 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 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 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shivaji S, Suresh K, Chaturvedi P, Dube S, Sengupta S. Bacillus arsenicus sp. nov., an arsenic-resistant bacterium isolated from a siderite concretion in West Bengal, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1123-1127.

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Species Bacillus arsenicus