Species Bacillus crescens

Name: Bacillus crescens Shivani et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cres’cens. L. masc. part. adj. crescens, arising, becoming visible, appearing, of the moon in its first quarter, crescent

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KRES-kens, masculine

Type strain: JC247; KCTC 33627; LMG 28608

16S rRNA gene: KY864917 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shivani Y, Subhash Y, Dave Bharti P, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Bacillus crescens sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2531-2536. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3768-3770.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Robertmurraya crescens (Shivani et al. 2015) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Robertmurraya crescens (Shivani et al. 2015) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus crescens 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 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: Shivani Y, Subhash Y, Dave Bharti P, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Bacillus crescens sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2531-2536. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 793079

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Species Bacillus crescens