Species ***Bacillus* *dafuensis***

Name: Bacillus dafuensis Zheng et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: da.fu.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. dafuensis, belonging to Dafu county, Sichuan Province of China, where a forest soil sample was collected for isolation of the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus da-fu-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2019182; FJAT 25496; KCTC 43120

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY038814 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zheng X, Liu G, Wang Z, Wang J, Zhang H, Liu B. Bacillus dafuensis sp. Nov., Isolated from a Forest Soil in China. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:2049-2055. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 210. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5812.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cytobacillus dafuensis (Zheng et al. 2023) Liu et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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: Zheng X, Liu G, Wang Z, Wang J, Zhang H, Liu B. Bacillus dafuensis sp. Nov., Isolated from a Forest Soil in China. Curr Microbiol 2020; 77:2049-2055. 🇨🇳

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Species Bacillus dafuensis

Species ***Bacillus* *dafuensis***