Species "Bacillus furcosus"

Name: "Bacillus furcosus" Veillon and Zuber 1898

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fur.co’sus. L. masc. adj. furcosus, full of forks, forked (pertaining to cell shape)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … fur-KO-sus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25662; VPI 3253

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16S rRNA gene: GU585668 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Veillon A, Zuber A. Recherches sur quelques microbes strictement anaérobies et leur rôle en pathologie. Archives de Mèdecine Expérimentale et d'Anatomie Pathologique 1898; 10:517-545.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Anaerorhabdus furcosa corrig. (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Shah and Collins 1986

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Anaerorhabdus furcosa corrig. (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Shah and Collins 1986	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Anaerorhabdus furcosus (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Shah and Collins 1986	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Bacteroides furcosus (Veillon and Zuber 1898) Hauduroy et al. 1937 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Veillon A, Zuber A. Recherches sur quelques microbes strictement anaérobies et leur rôle en pathologie. Archives de Mèdecine Expérimentale et d'Anatomie Pathologique 1898; 10:517-545.

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Species "Bacillus furcosus"