Species Bacillus barbaricus

Name: Bacillus barbaricus Täubel et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: bar.ba’ri.cus. L. masc. adj. barbaricus, strange, foreign, referring to the strange behaviour towards growth at different pH.

Pronunciation, gender: bar-BA-ri-kus, masculine

Type strain: CCM 4982; DSM 14730; V2-BIII-A2

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16S rRNA gene: AJ422145 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Taubel M, Kampfer P, Buczolits S, Lubitz W, Busse HJ. Bacillus barbaricus sp. nov., isolated from an experimental wall painting. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:725-730. 🇦🇹

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1221-1222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Fictibacillus barbaricus (Täubel et al. 2003) Glaeser et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Fictibacillus barbaricus (Täubel et al. 2003) Glaeser et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus barbaricus 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 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Taubel M, Kampfer P, Buczolits S, Lubitz W, Busse HJ. Bacillus barbaricus sp. nov., isolated from an experimental wall painting. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:725-730. 🇦🇹

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Record number: 773648

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Species Bacillus barbaricus