Species "Bacillus mortiferus"

Name: "Bacillus mortiferus" Harris 1901

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mor.ti’fe.rus. L. masc. adj. mortiferus, death-bringing, death-bearing [probably better: mortifer]

Pronunciation, gender: mor-TI-fe-rus, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25557; CCUG 14475; DSM 19809

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16S rRNA gene: M58680 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Harris NM. BACILLUS MORTIFERUS (NOV. SPEC.). J Exp Med 1905; 6:519-547.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Fusobacterium mortiferum (Harris 1901) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Hiblerillus rectus" Heller 1922	heterotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Fusobacterium mortiferum (Harris 1901) Moore and Holdeman 1970 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Clostridium rectum (Heller 1922) Holdeman and Moore 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ⏰ According to De Witte et al. (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Hiblerillus rectus" Heller 1922. Publication: De Witte C, Flahou B, Ducatelle R, Smet A, De Bruyne E, Cnockaert M, Taminiau B, Daube G, Vandamme P, Haesebrouck F. Detection, isolation and characterization of Fusobacterium gastrosuis sp. nov. colonizing the stomach of pigs. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:42-50. 🇧🇪
- ⏰ According to De Witte et al. (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Clostridium rectum (Heller 1922) Holdeman and Moore 1972 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: De Witte C, Flahou B, Ducatelle R, Smet A, De Bruyne E, Cnockaert M, Taminiau B, Daube G, Vandamme P, Haesebrouck F. Detection, isolation and characterization of Fusobacterium gastrosuis sp. nov. colonizing the stomach of pigs. Syst Appl Microbiol 2017; 40:42-50. 🇧🇪
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Harris NM. BACILLUS MORTIFERUS (NOV. SPEC.). J Exp Med 1905; 6:519-547.

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Species "Bacillus mortiferus"