Species Bacillus formosensis

Name: Bacillus formosensis Lin et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: for.mo.sen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. formosensis, of or pertaining to Formosa (Taiwan), the beautiful island

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus for-mo-SEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 80443; CC-LY275; JCM 18448

16S rRNA gene: KR534504 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lin SY, Hameed A, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Lai WA, Yen WS, Young CC. Bacillus formosensis sp. nov., isolated from pesticide wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3800-3805. 🇹🇼

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:527-529.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Cytobacillus formosensis (Lin et al. 2015) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cytobacillus formosensis (Lin et al. 2015) Patel and Gupta 2020	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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Bacillus formosensis 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 1 time 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lin SY, Hameed A, Liu YC, Hsu YH, Lai WA, Yen WS, Young CC. Bacillus formosensis sp. nov., isolated from pesticide wastewater. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3800-3805. 🇹🇼

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Species Bacillus formosensis