Species Bacillus depressus

Name: Bacillus depressus Wei et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: de.pres’sus. L. masc. adj. depressus, depressed in shape, referring to the colonies

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BZ1; CGMCC 1.15124; KCTC 33643

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16S rRNA gene: KP259553 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Wei X, Xin D, Xin Y, Zhang H, Wang T, Zhang J. Bacillus depressus sp. nov., isolated from soil of a sunflower field. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:13-20.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 169. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1913-1915.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Cytobacillus depressus (Wei et al. 2016) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cytobacillus depressus (Wei et al. 2016) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus depressus 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 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙅 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: Wei X, Xin D, Xin Y, Zhang H, Wang T, Zhang J. Bacillus depressus sp. nov., isolated from soil of a sunflower field. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:13-20.

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Species Bacillus depressus