Species Bacillus fastidiosus

Name: Bacillus fastidiosus den Dooren de Jong 1929 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fas.ti.di.o’sus. L. masc. adj. fastidiosus, disdainful, fastidious

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … fas-ti-di-O-sus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29604; Delft; DSM 91; LMD 29.14; NBRC 101226; NCCB 29014; NCIB 11326; NCIMB 11326; NRRL NRS-1705; NRS-1705

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16S rRNA gene: AB681412 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Den Dooren De Jong LE. Über Bacillus fastidiosus. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1929; 79:344-353.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Metabacillus fastidiosus (den Dooren de Jong 1929) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Metabacillus fastidiosus (den Dooren de Jong 1929) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus fastidiosus 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 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 19 times 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: Den Dooren De Jong LE. Über Bacillus fastidiosus. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1929; 79:344-353.

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Species Bacillus fastidiosus