Species Bacillus megaterium

Name: Bacillus megaterium de Bary 1884 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.ga.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. adj. megas, large; Gr. neut. n. teras, monster, beast; N.L. neut. n. megaterium, big beast (nominative in apposition)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14581; BCRC 10608; CCM 2007; CCRC 10608; CCUG 1817; CIP 66.20; DSM 32; HAMBI 2018; IAM 13418; IFO 15308; JCM 2506; KCTC 3007; LMG 7127; NBIMCC 8947; NBRC 15308; NCCB 75016; NCIB 9376; NCIMB 9376; NCTC 10342; NRIC 1710; NRRL B-14308; VKM B-512

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ569088 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: De Bary A. Vergleichende Morphologie und Biologie der Pilze, Mycetozoen und Bacterien. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1884.

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

Correct name: Priestia megaterium (de Bary 1884) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Priestia megaterium (de Bary 1884) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Narsing Rao et al. 2019 Narsing Rao MP, Dong ZY, Liu GH, Li L, Xiao M, Li WJ. Reclassification of Bacillus aryabhattai Shivaji et al. 2009 as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus megaterium de Bary 1884 (Approved Lists 1980). FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:fnz258. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
  Notes:
  - 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Gupta et al. (2020), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus aryabhattai Shivaji et al. 2009. Publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.
- ⏰ According to Gupta et al. (2020), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Priestia aryabhattai (Shivaji et al. 2009) Gupta et al. 2020. Publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.
- ⏰ According to Narsing-Rao et al. (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus aryabhattai Shivaji et al. 2009. Publication: Narsing Rao MP, Dong ZY, Liu GH, Li L, Xiao M, Li WJ. Reclassification of Bacillus aryabhattai Shivaji et al. 2009 as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus megaterium de Bary 1884 (Approved Lists 1980). FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:fnz258.
- ⏰ According to Narsing-Rao et al. (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Priestia aryabhattai (Shivaji et al. 2009) Gupta et al. 2020. Publication: Narsing Rao MP, Dong ZY, Liu GH, Li L, Xiao M, Li WJ. Reclassification of Bacillus aryabhattai Shivaji et al. 2009 as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus megaterium de Bary 1884 (Approved Lists 1980). FEMS Microbiol Lett 2019; 366:fnz258.
- 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
- ❗ Bacillus megaterium 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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2 - plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "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 3179 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592.
- 🧍 The spelling of the specific epithet megaterium in Bacillus megaterium de Bary 1884 (Approved Lists 1980) is to be preferred to the spelling megatherium (Judicial Opinion 1). Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 1. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1951; 1:35-36.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: De Bary A. Vergleichende Morphologie und Biologie der Pilze, Mycetozoen und Bacterien. Wilhelm Engelmann, Leipzig, 1884.

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