Species Bacillus onubensis

Name: Bacillus onubensis Dominguez-Moñino et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: o.nu.ben’sis. L. masc. adj. onubensis, originating from Onuba, the Roman name of Huelva, the province where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … o-nu-BEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 0911MAR22V3; CECT 8479; LMG 27963

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16S rRNA gene: LN650668 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dominguez-Monino I, Jurado V, Gonzalez-Pimentel JL, Miller AZ, Hermosin B, Saiz-Jimenez C. Bacillus onubensis sp. nov., isolated from the air of two Andalusian caves. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:167-172. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 184. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:3379-3393.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Ferdinandcohnia onubensis corrig. (Dominguez-Moñino et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Fredinandcohnia onubensis (Dominguez-Moñino et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
Ferdinandcohnia onubensis corrig. (Dominguez-Moñino et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus onubensis 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.
- 🎓 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: Dominguez-Monino I, Jurado V, Gonzalez-Pimentel JL, Miller AZ, Hermosin B, Saiz-Jimenez C. Bacillus onubensis sp. nov., isolated from the air of two Andalusian caves. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:167-172. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 797966

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Species Bacillus onubensis