Species ***Bacillus* *mycoides***

Name: Bacillus mycoides Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. n. mykês (gen. mykêtos), mushroom or other fungus; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. adj. mycoides, fungus-like

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 6462; CCUG 26678; CIP 103472; DSM 2048; HAMBI 1827; LMG 7128; NBRC 101228; NCTC 12974; NRRL B-14799; NRRL B-14811; NRRL NRS-273

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021192 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen Teil 1, Auflage 3. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.

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: correct name

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bacillus weihenstephanensis Lechner et al. 1998	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Liu et al. 2018 Liu Y, Lai Q, Shao Z. Genome analysis-based reclassification of Bacillus weihenstephanensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus mycoides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:106-112. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.
  Notes:
  - Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

Notes:
- According to Liu et al. (2018), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus weihenstephanensis Lechner et al. 1998. Publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Shao Z. Genome analysis-based reclassification of Bacillus weihenstephanensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus mycoides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:106-112.
- Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.
- The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.05621 (N = 87).
- According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
- A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of the Bacillus cereus group was conducted by Liu et al. (2015). Publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Goker M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Wang M, Sun Y, Wang L, Shao Z. Genomic insights into the taxonomic status of the Bacillus cereus group. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14082.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Flügge C. Die Mikroorganismen Teil 1, Auflage 3. F.C.W. Vogel, Leipzig, 1886.

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Species Bacillus mycoides

Species ***Bacillus* *mycoides***