Species Bacillus cohnii

Name: Bacillus cohnii Spanka and Fritze 1993

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: coh’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. cohnii, of Cohn, named after the German bacteriologist Ferdinand Cohn

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KOH-ni-i, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 51227; CCM 4369; CIP 104587; DSM 6307; HAMBI 2098; IFO 15565; JCM 12300; LMG 16678; NBRC 15565; RSH

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16S rRNA gene: X76437 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Spanka R, Fritze D. Bacillus cohnii sp. nov., a new, obligately alkaliphilic, oval-spore-forming Bacillus species with ornithine and aspartic acid instead of diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:150-156. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 43, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:399.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Sutcliffiella cohnii (Spanka and Fritze 1993) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sutcliffiella cohnii (Spanka and Fritze 1993) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus cohnii 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. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 21 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: Spanka R, Fritze D. Bacillus cohnii sp. nov., a new, obligately alkaliphilic, oval-spore-forming Bacillus species with ornithine and aspartic acid instead of diaminopimelic acid in the cell wall. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1993; 43:150-156. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 773681

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Species Bacillus cohnii