Species "Bacillus mortiferus"

Name: "Bacillus mortiferus" Harris 1901

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. adj. mortifer

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25557; CCUG 14475; DSM 19809

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16S rRNA gene: X55414 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

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

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.

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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Record number: 4210