Species ***Bacillus* *ndiopicus***

Name: Bacillus ndiopicus Lo et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ndi.o’pi.cus. N.L. masc. adj. ndiopicus, of Ndiop, the name of the Senegalese village where the man from whom strain FF3T was cultivated lives

Pronunciation, gender: ndi-O-pi-kus, masculine

Type strain: CSUR P3025; DSM 27837; FF3

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HG315675 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lo CI, Padhmanabhan R, Mediannikov O, Caputo A, Michelle C, Faye N, Sokhna C, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. High-quality genome sequence and description of Bacillus ndiopicus strain FF3^T sp. nov. New Microbes New Infect 2015; 8:154-163. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 176. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2075-2078.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Metasolibacillus ndiopicus" (Lo et al. 2017) Gupta and Patel 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 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 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: Lo CI, Padhmanabhan R, Mediannikov O, Caputo A, Michelle C, Faye N, Sokhna C, Raoult D, Fournier PE, Fenollar F. High-quality genome sequence and description of Bacillus ndiopicus strain FF3^T sp. nov. New Microbes New Infect 2015; 8:154-163. 🇫🇷

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Species Bacillus ndiopicus

Species ***Bacillus* *ndiopicus***