Species Bacillus lacus

Name: Bacillus lacus Singh et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la’cus. L. gen. masc. n. lacus, of a lake

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AK74; JCM 32185; KCTC 33946; MTCC 12638

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT844664 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Singh H, Kaur M, Kaur L, Sharma S, Mishra S, Tanuku NRS, Pinnaka AK. Bacillus lacus sp. nov., isolated from a water sample of a salt lake in India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:801-809.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1823-1824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Metabacillus lacus (Singh et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Metabacillus lacus (Singh et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus lacus 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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: Singh H, Kaur M, Kaur L, Sharma S, Mishra S, Tanuku NRS, Pinnaka AK. Bacillus lacus sp. nov., isolated from a water sample of a salt lake in India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:801-809.

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Species Bacillus lacus