Species Bacillus huizhouensis

Name: Bacillus huizhouensis Li et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hui.zhou.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. huizhouensis, of or pertaining to Huizhou, a city in Guangdong province, from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2013237; GSS03; KCTC 33172

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ464756 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Li J, Yang G, Wu M, Zhao Y, Zhou S. Bacillus huizhouensis sp. nov., isolated from a paddy field soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:357-363.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 160. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3603-3606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Peribacillus huizhouensis (Li et al. 2014) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Peribacillus huizhouensis (Li et al. 2014) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus huizhouensis 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 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 2 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Li J, Yang G, Wu M, Zhao Y, Zhou S. Bacillus huizhouensis sp. nov., isolated from a paddy field soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 106:357-363.

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Species Bacillus huizhouensis