Name: Bacillus bingmayongensis Liu et al. 2026
Etymology: bing.may.ong.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. bingmayongensis, belonging to Bing Ma Yong, a mausoleum in Xi’an City, China, the source of the isolates, literally ‘‘military servants’’, Terra-cotta Warriors and Horses, a collection of 8099 life-size terra-cotta figures of warriors and horses located in the Mausoleum of the First Qin Emperor from more than 2000 years ago in China
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus bin͡g-may-on͡g-EN-sis, masculine
Type strain: CGMCC 1.12043; DSM 25427; FJAT 13831
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16S rRNA gene:
JN885201
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FASTA
Effective publication:
Liu B, Liu GH, Hu GP, Sengonca C, Lin NQ, Tang JY, Tang WQ, Lin YZ. Bacillus bingmayongensis sp. nov., isolated from the pit soil of Emperor Qin's Terra-cotta warriors in China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:501-510. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 229. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:7141.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Liu B, Liu GH, Hu GP, Sengonca C, Lin NQ, Tang JY, Tang WQ, Lin YZ. Bacillus bingmayongensis sp. nov., isolated from the pit soil of Emperor Qin's Terra-cotta warriors in China. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:501-510. 🇨🇳
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