Species Bacillus malikii

Name: Bacillus malikii Abbas et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ma.li’ki.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. malikii, after the name of Dr. Kausar Abdullah Malik, a distinguished professor of microbiology and biotechnology in Pakistan

Pronunciation, gender: … ma-LI-ki-i, masculine

Type strain: DSM 29005; JCM 30192; LMG 28369; NCCP 662

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB968093 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Abbas S, Ahmed I, Kudo T, Iqbal M, Lee YJ, Fujiwara T, Ohkuma M. A heavy metal tolerant novel bacterium, Bacillus malikii sp. nov., isolated from tannery effluent wastewater. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1319-1330. 🇵🇰

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 168. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1603-1606.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Metabacillus malikii (Abbas et al. 2016) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Metabacillus malikii (Abbas et al. 2016) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus malikii 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 1 time 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: Abbas S, Ahmed I, Kudo T, Iqbal M, Lee YJ, Fujiwara T, Ohkuma M. A heavy metal tolerant novel bacterium, Bacillus malikii sp. nov., isolated from tannery effluent wastewater. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2015; 108:1319-1330. 🇵🇰

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Record number: 793774

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Species Bacillus malikii