Species Bacillus luciferensis

Name: Bacillus luciferensis Logan et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lu.ci.fe.ren’sis. N.L. masc. adj. luciferensis, referring to Lucifer Hill, a volcano on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands, the soil of which yielded the organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus lu-ki-fe-REN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CIP 107105; DSM 18845; isolate SSI061; JCM 12212; LMG 18422; Logan B1761; SSI 61

16S rRNA gene: AJ419629 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Logan NA, Lebbe L, Verhelst A, Goris J, Forsyth G, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Heyndrickx M, De Vos P. Bacillus luciferensis sp. nov., from volcanic soil on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich archipelago. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1985-1989. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Gottfriedia luciferensis (Logan et al. 2002) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Logan NA, Lebbe L, Verhelst A, Goris J, Forsyth G, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Heyndrickx M, De Vos P. Bacillus luciferensis sp. nov., from volcanic soil on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich archipelago. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1985-1989. 🇬🇧

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