Species Bacillus funiculus

Name: Bacillus funiculus Ajithkumar et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fu.ni’cu.lus. L. masc. n. funiculus, string, rope, reflecting the filamentous appearance of cells of this isolate

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 107128; DSM 15141; JCM 11201; NAF001

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16S rRNA gene: AB049195 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ajithkumar VP, Ajithkumar B, Iriye R, Sakai T. Bacillus funiculus sp. nov., novel filamentous isolates from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1141-1144.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1439-1440.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Ectobacillus funiculus (Ajithkumar et al. 2002) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Ectobacillus funiculus (Ajithkumar et al. 2002) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- ❗ Bacillus funiculus 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 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 7 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: Ajithkumar VP, Ajithkumar B, Iriye R, Sakai T. Bacillus funiculus sp. nov., novel filamentous isolates from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1141-1144.

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Species Bacillus funiculus