Species Bacillus kochii

Name: Bacillus kochii Seiler et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: koch’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. kochii, of Koch, named in honour of the famous microbiologist, Robert Koch, with great merit in Bacillus anthracis research, to commemorate the centenary of his death on 27 May 1910

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 59877; DSM 23667; LMG 25855; WCC 4582

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN995265 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Seiler H, Schmidt V, Wenning M, Scherer S. Bacillus kochii sp. nov., isolated from foods and a pharmaceuticals manufacturing site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1092-1097.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cytobacillus kochii (Seiler et al. 2012) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cytobacillus kochii (Seiler et al. 2012) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus kochii 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 10 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Seiler H, Schmidt V, Wenning M, Scherer S. Bacillus kochii sp. nov., isolated from foods and a pharmaceuticals manufacturing site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1092-1097.

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Record number: 789849

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Species Bacillus kochii