Species ***Bacillus* *kalamii***

Name: Bacillus kalamii Schultz et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ka.la’mi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kalamii, referring to Abdul Kalam, a well-known scientist who advanced space research in India

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ka-LA-mi-i, masculine

Type strain: 1P06AnD; DSM 117991; MTCC 13638

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16S rRNA gene: PP475408 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
- 🙆 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: Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦

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Record number: 66027

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Species Bacillus kalamii

Species ***Bacillus* *kalamii***