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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Bacillus nitroreducens

Name: Bacillus nitroreducens Guo et al. 2026

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ni.tro.re.du’cens. Gr. neut. n. nitron, nitre, nitrate; L. pres. part. reducens, drawing backwards, bringing back to a state or condition; N.L. masc. part. adj. nitroreducens, nitrate reducing

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ni-tro-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: GSS08; KCTC 33699; MCCC 1K01091

16S rRNA gene: KT725236 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Guo J, Wang YQ, Yang G, Chen Y, Zhou S, Zhao Y, Zhuang L. Bacillus nitroreducens sp. nov., a humus-reducing bacterium isolated from a compost. Arch Microbiol 2016; 198:347-352. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 227. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6989.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Guo J, Wang YQ, Yang G, Chen Y, Zhou S, Zhao Y, Zhuang L. Bacillus nitroreducens sp. nov., a humus-reducing bacterium isolated from a compost. Arch Microbiol 2016; 198:347-352. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 70257
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