Species Bacillus indicus

Name: Bacillus indicus Suresh et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in’di.cus. L. masc. adj. indicus, pertaining to India, Indian

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15820; MTCC 4374; Sd/3

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ583158 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Suresh K, Prabagaran SR, Sengupta S, Shivaji S. Bacillus indicus sp. nov., an arsenic-resistant bacterium isolated from an aquifer in West Bengal, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1369-1375.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1911-1913.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Metabacillus indicus (Suresh et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bacillus cibi Yoon et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Metabacillus indicus (Suresh et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Stropko et al. 2014 Stropko SJ, Pipes SE, Newman JD. Genome-based reclassification of Bacillus cibi as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus indicus and emended description of Bacillus indicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3804-3809. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:323-324.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Stropko et al. (2014), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus cibi Yoon et al. 2005. Publication: Stropko SJ, Pipes SE, Newman JD. Genome-based reclassification of Bacillus cibi as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus indicus and emended description of Bacillus indicus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3804-3809.
- ❗ Bacillus indicus 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 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 28 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙅 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: Suresh K, Prabagaran SR, Sengupta S, Shivaji S. Bacillus indicus sp. nov., an arsenic-resistant bacterium isolated from an aquifer in West Bengal, India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1369-1375.

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Species Bacillus indicus