Species Bacillus lehensis

Name: Bacillus lehensis Ghosh et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: le.hen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. lehensis, pertaining to Leh, in India, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 19099; JCM 13820; LMG 24751; MLB2; MTCC 7633

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY793550 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ghosh A, Bhardwaj M, Satyanarayana T, Khurana M, Mayilraj S, Jain RK. Bacillus lehensis sp. nov., an alkalitolerant bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:238-242.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:898-899.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Shouchella oshimensis (Yumoto et al. 2005) Joshi et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alkalihalobacillus oshimensis (Yumoto et al. 2005) Patel and Gupta 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Alkalihalobacillus lehensis (Ghosh et al. 2007) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Shouchella oshimensis (Yumoto et al. 2005) Joshi et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Bacillus oshimensis Yumoto et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Bacillus plakortidis Borchert et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Alkalihalobacillus plakortidis (Borchert et al. 2007) Patel and Gupta 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Alkalicoccobacillus plakortidis (Borchert et al. 2007) Kim et al. 2023	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Shouchella plakortidis (Borchert et al. 2007) Joshi et al. 2022	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Shouchella lehensis (Ghosh et al. 2007) Joshi et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Liu et al. (2019), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Alkalihalobacillus oshimensis (Yumoto et al. 2005) Patel and Gupta 2020. Publication: Liu GH, Narsing Rao MP, Dong ZY, Wang JP, Che JM, Chen QQ, Sengonca C, Liu B, Li WJ. Genome-based reclassification of Bacillus plakortidis Borchert et al. 2007 and Bacillus lehensis Ghosh et al. 2007 as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus oshimensis Yumoto et al. 2005; Bacillus rhizosphaerae Madhaiyan et al. 2011 as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus clausii Nielsen et al. 1995. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:1725-1730.
- ⏲ According to Liu et al. (2019), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus oshimensis Yumoto et al. 2005. Publication: Liu GH, Narsing Rao MP, Dong ZY, Wang JP, Che JM, Chen QQ, Sengonca C, Liu B, Li WJ. Genome-based reclassification of Bacillus plakortidis Borchert et al. 2007 and Bacillus lehensis Ghosh et al. 2007 as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus oshimensis Yumoto et al. 2005; Bacillus rhizosphaerae Madhaiyan et al. 2011 as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus clausii Nielsen et al. 1995. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:1725-1730.
- ⏲ According to Liu et al. (2019), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Shouchella oshimensis (Yumoto et al. 2005) Joshi et al. 2022. Publication: Liu GH, Narsing Rao MP, Dong ZY, Wang JP, Che JM, Chen QQ, Sengonca C, Liu B, Li WJ. Genome-based reclassification of Bacillus plakortidis Borchert et al. 2007 and Bacillus lehensis Ghosh et al. 2007 as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus oshimensis Yumoto et al. 2005; Bacillus rhizosphaerae Madhaiyan et al. 2011 as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus clausii Nielsen et al. 1995. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:1725-1730.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
- ❗ Bacillus lehensis 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 34 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ghosh A, Bhardwaj M, Satyanarayana T, Khurana M, Mayilraj S, Jain RK. Bacillus lehensis sp. nov., an alkalitolerant bacterium isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:238-242.

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Species Bacillus lehensis