Species ***Bacillus* *mesophilus***

Name: Bacillus mesophilus Zhou et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: me.so’phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. mesos, middle; Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. mesophilus, a mesophilic bacillus

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2015209; CCTCC AB 2105209; DSM 101000; SA4

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KU324461 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhou YX, Liu GH, Liu B, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Bacillus mesophilus sp. nov., an alginate-degrading bacterium isolated from a soil sample collected from an abandoned marine solar saltern. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:937-943.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 175. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1095-1098.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 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 4 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zhou YX, Liu GH, Liu B, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Bacillus mesophilus sp. nov., an alginate-degrading bacterium isolated from a soil sample collected from an abandoned marine solar saltern. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2016; 109:937-943.

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Record number: 794184

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Species Bacillus mesophilus

Species ***Bacillus* *mesophilus***