Species Bacillus caeni

Name: Bacillus caeni Mo et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cae’ni. L. gen. neut. n. caeni, of mud, referring to the source of isolation

Pronunciation, gender: … KA͡E-ni, masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.16730; HB172195; JCM 33411

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16S rRNA gene: MK249707 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Mo K, Huang H, Bao S, Hu Y. Bacillus caeni sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1503-1507. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Pseudalkalibacillus caeni (Mo et al. 2020) Joshi et al. 2022

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alkalihalobacillus caeni (Mo et al. 2020) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Pseudalkalibacillus caeni (Mo et al. 2020) Joshi et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Exobacillus caeni (Mo et al. 2020) Bello et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus caeni 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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: Mo K, Huang H, Bao S, Hu Y. Bacillus caeni sp. nov., isolated from mangrove sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1503-1507. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 5380

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Species Bacillus caeni