Species Bacillus lautus

Name: Bacillus lautus (ex Batchelor 1919) Nakamura 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: lau.tus. L. masc. part. adj. lautus, washed, splendid

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 3035; LMG 11157; NRRL NRS-666

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16S rRNA gene: AB073188 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakamura LK. Bacillus amylolyticus sp. nov., nom. rev., Bacillus lautus sp. nov., nom. rev., Bacillus pabuli sp. nov., nom. rev., and Bacillus validus sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:224-226.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Paenibacillus lautus (Nakamura 1984 ex Batchelor 1919) Heyndrickx et al. 1996

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paenibacillus lautus (Nakamura 1984 ex Batchelor 1919) Heyndrickx et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus lautus 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 4 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 the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nakamura LK. Bacillus amylolyticus sp. nov., nom. rev., Bacillus lautus sp. nov., nom. rev., Bacillus pabuli sp. nov., nom. rev., and Bacillus validus sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1984; 34:224-226.

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Record number: 773749

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Species Bacillus lautus