Species Bacillus nanhaiensis

Name: Bacillus nanhaiensis Chen et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: nan.hai.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. nanhaiensis, pertaining to Nanhai, the Chinese name for the South China Sea, the source of the sample from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … nan-hai-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 23009; JSM 82006; KCTC 13712

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: GU477780 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chen YG, Zhang L, Zhang YQ, He JW, Klenk HP, Tang SK, Zhang YX, Li WJ. Bacillus nanhaiensis sp. nov., isolated from an oyster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:888-893. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1502-1503.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Fictibacillus nanhaiensis (Chen et al. 2011) Glaeser et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Fictibacillus nanhaiensis (Chen et al. 2011) Glaeser et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus nanhaiensis 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.
- 😷 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 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: Chen YG, Zhang L, Zhang YQ, He JW, Klenk HP, Tang SK, Zhang YX, Li WJ. Bacillus nanhaiensis sp. nov., isolated from an oyster. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:888-893. 🇨🇳

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Species Bacillus nanhaiensis