Species Bacillus horikoshii

Name: Bacillus horikoshii Nielsen et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ho.ri.ko’shi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. horikoshii, of Horikoshi, named after the Japanese microbiologist Koki Horikoshi

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700161; CIP 105300; DSM 8719; LMG 17946; PN-121

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X76443 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nielsen P, Fritze D, Priest FG. Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species. Microbiology 1995; 141:1745-1761.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 55. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:879-880.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Sutcliffiella horikoshii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sutcliffiella horikoshii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus horikoshii 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 - T". — 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 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nielsen P, Fritze D, Priest FG. Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species. Microbiology 1995; 141:1745-1761.

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Species Bacillus horikoshii