Species ***Bacillus* *licheniformis***

Name: Bacillus licheniformis (Weigmann 1898) Chester 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Clostridium licheniforme" Weigmann 1898

Etymology: li.che.ni.for.mis. L. masc. n. lichen, lichen; L. masc./fem. adj. suff. -formis, -like, in the shape of; from L. fem. n. forma, figure, shape, appearance; N.L. masc. adj. licheniformis, lichen-shaped

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14580; BCRC 11702; CCM 2145; CCRC 11702; CCUG 7422; CFBP 4227; CIP 52.71; DSM 13; HAMBI 1823; IAM 13417; IFO 12200; JCM 2505; KCTC 1753; KCTC 1918; LMG 12363; LMG 12407; LMG 6933; NBIMCC 3346; NBRC 12200; NCAIM B.01470; NCCB 50016; NCCB 75015; NCDO 1772; NCFB 1772; NCIB 9375; NCIMB 9375; NCTC 10341; NRRL NRS-1264; VKM B-511

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16S rRNA gene: KX785171 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chester FD. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The MacMillan Co., New York, 1901.

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Clostridium licheniforme" Weigmann 1898	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09416 (N = 105).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "MDG 10-06: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; MDG 10-01: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; default: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PIIC PP?". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 3548 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Chester FD. A Manual of Determinative Bacteriology. The MacMillan Co., New York, 1901.

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Species Bacillus licheniformis

Species ***Bacillus* *licheniformis***