Species Bacillus macquariensis

Name: Bacillus macquariensis Marshall and Ohye 1966 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mac.qua.ri.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. macquariensis, pertaining to Macquarie Island

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23464; CCUG 37394; CIP 103269; DSM 2; LMG 6935; NCTC 10419; NRRL B-14306

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16S rRNA gene: AB073193 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Marshall BJ, Ohye DF. Bacillus macquariensis n.sp., a psychrotrophic bacterium from sub-antarctic soil. J Gen Microbiol 1966; 44:41-46.

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: Paenibacillus macquariensis (Marshall and Ohye 1966) Ash et al. 1994

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paenibacillus macquariensis (Marshall and Ohye 1966) Ash et al. 1994	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: JCM 14954; NCIMB 14397.
- ❗ Bacillus macquariensis 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 2 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 the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Marshall BJ, Ohye DF. Bacillus macquariensis n.sp., a psychrotrophic bacterium from sub-antarctic soil. J Gen Microbiol 1966; 44:41-46.

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Record number: 773761

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Species Bacillus macquariensis