Species Bacillus asahii

Name: Bacillus asahii Yumoto et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.sa’hi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. asahii, of Asahi, named after Asahi Kasei Co (a researcher working in the company isolated the bacterium)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 12112; MA001; NCIMB 13969

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB109209 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yumoto I, Hirota K, Yamaga S, Nodasaka Y, Kawasaki T, Matsuyama H, Nakajima K. Bacillus asahii sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from soil with the ability to deodorize the bad smell generated from short-chain fatty acids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1997-2001.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Peribacillus asahii (Yumoto et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Peribacillus asahii (Yumoto et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus asahii 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 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yumoto I, Hirota K, Yamaga S, Nodasaka Y, Kawasaki T, Matsuyama H, Nakajima K. Bacillus asahii sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from soil with the ability to deodorize the bad smell generated from short-chain fatty acids. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1997-2001.

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Record number: 783420

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Species Bacillus asahii