Species Bacillus coagulans

Name: Bacillus coagulans Hammer 1915 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: co.a’gu.lans L. part. adj. coagulans, curdling, coagulating

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 609; ATCC 7050; BCRC 10606; CCM 2013; CCRC 10606; CCUG 7417; CFBP 4225; CIP 66.25; DSM 1; HAMBI 1931; IAM 1115; IFO 12583; IMET 10993; JCM 2257; LMG 6326; NBRC 12583; NCAIM B.01086; NCCB 48014; NCCB 77025; NCDO 1761; NCFB 1761; NCIB 9365; NCIMB 9365; NCTC 10334; NRIC 1005; NRRL NRS-609; NRS 609; VKM B-731

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16S rRNA gene: X60614 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Hammer BW. Bacteriological studies on the coagulation of evaporated milk. Iowa Agricultural Experimental Station Research Bulletin 1915; 19:119-131.

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

Correct name: Weizmannia coagulans (Hammer 1915) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Weizmannia coagulans (Hammer 1915) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- De Clerck et al. 2004 De Clerck E, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Forsyth G, Lebbe L, Logan NA, DeVos P. Polyphasic characterization of Bacillus coagulans strains, illustrating heterogeneity within this species, and emended description of the species. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:50-60. Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 1. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:7-8.

Notes:
- Bacillus coagulans is the correct name if this species is regarded as a separate species within a separate genus Bacillus.
- The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.
- The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hammer BW. Bacteriological studies on the coagulation of evaporated milk. Iowa Agricultural Experimental Station Research Bulletin 1915; 19:119-131.

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