Species Bacillus fusiformis

Name: Bacillus fusiformis (ex Meyer and Gottheil 1901) Priest et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: fu.si.for’mis. L. masc. n. fusus, spindle; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. masc. adj. fusiformis, spindle-shaped

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 7055; CCUG 28888; DSM 2898; IFO 15717; JCM 12229; LMG 9816; NBRC 15717; NRRL NRS-350

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16S rRNA gene: AJ310083 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Priest FG, Goodfellow M, Todd C. A numerical classification of the genus Bacillus. J Gen Microbiol 1988; 134:1847-1882.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 28. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1989; 39:93-94.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Lysinibacillus fusiformis (Priest et al. 1989 ex Meyer and Gottheil 1901) Ahmed et al. 2007

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Lysinibacillus fusiformis (Priest et al. 1989 ex Meyer and Gottheil 1901) Ahmed et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus fusiformis 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 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 = 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 37 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 Basonym "Bacillus sphaericus subsp. fusiformis". Publication: Neide E. Botanische Beschreibung einiger sporenbildenden Bakterien. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1904; 12:337-352.
- 🧍 In the effective publication by Priest et al. 1988, this name is cited as Bacillus fusiformis (ex Smith et al. 1946) Priest et al. 1989 and the synonym is "Bacillus sphaericus subsp. fusiformis" Smith et al. 1946. However, according to the Index Bergeyana, the first synonym is "Bacillus fusiformis" Meyer and Gottheil 1901. Publication: Buchanan RE, Holt JG, Lessel Jr. EF. Index Bergeyana. The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1966.
- 🧍 In Validation List no. 28, Bacillus fusiformis is erroneously proposed as a new combination (basonym: "Bacillus sphaericus subsp. fusiformis"). Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Priest FG, Goodfellow M, Todd C. A numerical classification of the genus Bacillus. J Gen Microbiol 1988; 134:1847-1882.

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Species Bacillus fusiformis