Species ***Bacillus* *enclensis***

Name: Bacillus enclensis Dastager et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: en.clen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. enclensis, arbitrary name formed from NCL, the acronym for the National Chemical laboratory, India, where taxonomic studies on this species were performed

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … en-KLEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2011125; NCIM 5450; SGD-1123

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF265350 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dastager SG, Mawlankar R, Tang SK, Srinivasan K, Ramana VV, Shouche YS. Bacillus enclensis sp. nov., isolated from sediment sample. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:199-206. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 157. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1455-1458.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Rossellomorea enclensis" (Dastager et al. 2014) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.18290 (N = 85).
- 😷 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 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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: Dastager SG, Mawlankar R, Tang SK, Srinivasan K, Ramana VV, Shouche YS. Bacillus enclensis sp. nov., isolated from sediment sample. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:199-206. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 791774

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Species Bacillus enclensis

Species ***Bacillus* *enclensis***