Species Bacillus edaphicus

Name: Bacillus edaphicus Shelobolina et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: e.da’phi.cus. Gr. neut. n. edaphos, ground; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. edaphicus, living in soil

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus e-DA-p^hi-kus, masculine

Type strain: B 7517; CIP 105814; DSM 12974; T7; VKPM B-7517

16S rRNA gene: AF006076 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Shelobolina ES, Avakyan ZA, Bulygina ES, Turova TP, Lysenko AM, Osipov GA, Karavaiko GI. Description of a new species of mucilaginous bacteria, Bacillus edaphicus sp. nov., and confirmation of the taxonomic status of Bacillus mucilaginosus Avakyan et al. 1986 based on data from phenotypic and genotypic analysis. Microbiology 1997; 66:681-689.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 66. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:631-632.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Paenibacillus edaphicus (Shelobolina et al. 1998) Hu et al. 2010

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paenibacillus edaphicus (Shelobolina et al. 1998) Hu et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus edaphicus 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 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 a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.
- 🧍 Edaphicus is a Neo Latin adjective not a Latin adjective as cited in the English translation of the paper by Shelobolina et al. 1997. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shelobolina ES, Avakyan ZA, Bulygina ES, Turova TP, Lysenko AM, Osipov GA, Karavaiko GI. Description of a new species of mucilaginous bacteria, Bacillus edaphicus sp. nov., and confirmation of the taxonomic status of Bacillus mucilaginosus Avakyan et al. 1986 based on data from phenotypic and genotypic analysis. Microbiology 1997; 66:681-689.

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Species Bacillus edaphicus