Species Bacillus miscanthi

Name: Bacillus miscanthi Shin et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: misc.an’thi. N.L. gen. masc. n. miscanthi, of Miscanthus sacchariflorus, where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AK13; DSM 109981; KACC 21401

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN508905 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shin B, Park C, Lee BH, Lee KE, Park W. Bacillus miscanthi sp. nov., a alkaliphilic bacterium from the rhizosphere of Miscanthus sacchariflorus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1843-1849.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3583-3587.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Shouchella miscanthi (Shin et al. 2020) Joshi et al. 2022

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Shouchella miscanthi (Shin et al. 2020) Joshi et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Alkalihalobacillus miscanthi (Shin et al. 2020) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus miscanthi 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.
- 🎓 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 other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shin B, Park C, Lee BH, Lee KE, Park W. Bacillus miscanthi sp. nov., a alkaliphilic bacterium from the rhizosphere of Miscanthus sacchariflorus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1843-1849.

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Record number: 5844

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Species Bacillus miscanthi