Species Bacillus globisporus

Name: Bacillus globisporus Larkin and Stokes 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: glo.bi.spo’rus. L. masc. n. globus, a sphere; Gr. fem. n. spora, a spore; N.L. masc. adj. globisporus, with spherical spores

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 785; ATCC 23301; CCUG 7419; CIP 103266; DSM 4; HAMBI 471; IFO 16082; JCM 10046; Larkin and Stockes W 25; LMG 6928; NBRC 16082; NRRL B-3396; NRRL NRS-1533; VKM B-1435

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16S rRNA gene: X68415 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Larkin JM, Stokes JL. Taxonomy of psychrophilic strains of Bacillus. J Bacteriol 1967; 94:889-895.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Sporosarcina globispora (Larkin and Stokes 1967) Yoon et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sporosarcina globispora (Larkin and Stokes 1967) Yoon et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus globisporus 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 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 20 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Bacillus globisporus subsp. globisporus (Larkin and Stokes 1967) Rüger and Richter 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	orphaned subspecies
Bacillus globisporus subsp. marinus Rüger and Richter 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Larkin JM, Stokes JL. Taxonomy of psychrophilic strains of Bacillus. J Bacteriol 1967; 94:889-895.

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Species Bacillus globisporus