Species ***Bacillus* *horti***

Name: Bacillus horti Yumoto et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hor’ti. L. gen. masc. n. horti, of/from a garden

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700778; CIP 105746; DSM 12751; JCM 9943; K13; LMG 18497; NCIMB 13846

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16S rRNA gene: D87035 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yumoto I, Yamazaki K, Sawabe T, Nakano K, Kawasaki K, Ezura Y, Shinano H. Bacillus horti sp. nov., a new gram-negative alkaliphilic bacillus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:565-571.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:633-634.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Caldalkalibacillus horti (Yumoto et al. 1998) Li et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yumoto I, Yamazaki K, Sawabe T, Nakano K, Kawasaki K, Ezura Y, Shinano H. Bacillus horti sp. nov., a new gram-negative alkaliphilic bacillus. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:565-571.

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Record number: 773733

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Species Bacillus horti

Species ***Bacillus* *horti***