Species Bacillus lentus

Name: Bacillus lentus Gibson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: len’tus. L. masc. adj. lentus, slow

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 10840; BCRC 11735; CCM 2214; CCRC 11735; CCUG 1816; CIP 52.74; DSM 9; HAMBI 1918; IAM 12466; IFO 15655; IFO 16413; IFO 16444; JCM 2511; LMG 16798; NBRC 15655; NBRC 16413; NBRC 16444; NCCB 48017; NCDO 1127; NCFB 1127; NCIB 8713; NCIB 8773; NCIMB 8713; NCIMB 8773; NCTC 4824; NRRL B-396; VKM B-500

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16S rRNA gene: AB021189 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gibson T. The urea-decomposing microflora of soils. I. Description and classification of the organisms. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1935; 92:364-380.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Lederbergia lenta corrig. (Gibson 1935) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Lederbergia lenta corrig. (Gibson 1935) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Lederbergia lentus (Gibson 1935) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus lentus 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 = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 75 times 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: Gibson T. The urea-decomposing microflora of soils. I. Description and classification of the organisms. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1935; 92:364-380.

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Species Bacillus lentus