Species Bacillus brevis

Classification:

Bacteria Bacillati Bacillota Bacilli Caryophanales Bacillaceae Bacillus Bacillus brevis

Name: Bacillus brevis Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: bre’vis. L. masc. adj. brevis, short

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus BRE-wis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 8246; BCRC 14682; CCM 2050; CCRC 14682; CCUG 7413; CIP 52.86; DSM 30; HAMBI 1883; IFO 15304; JCM 2503; LMG 7123; NBIMCC 2211; NBRC 15304; NCCB 48009; NCIB 9372; NCIMB 9372; NCTC 2611; NRRL B-14602; NRRL NRS-604; VKM B-503

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB101593 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Brevibacillus brevis (Migula 1900) Shida et al. 1996

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Brevibacillus brevis (Migula 1900) Shida et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus brevis 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 575 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900.

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Record number: 773657