Name:Bacillusfusiformis (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./fem. adj.fusiformis, spindle-shaped
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
homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Notes:
❗ Bacillusfusiformis 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.
🧍 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.