Species Bacillus pakistanensis

Name: Bacillus pakistanensis Roohi et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.kis.ta.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. pakistanensis, pertaining to Pakistan, where the organism was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: pa-kis-ta-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 24834; JCM 18975; KCTC 13786; NCCP 168

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB618147 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Roohi A, Ahmed I, Paek J, Sin Y, Abbas S, Jamil M, Chang YH. Bacillus pakistanensis sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from salt mines of the Karak Area in Pakistan. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:1163-1172. 🇵🇰

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Rossellomorea pakistanensis (Roohi et al. 2014) Li et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rossellomorea pakistanensis (Roohi et al. 2014) Li et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Bacillus pakistanensis 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: Roohi A, Ahmed I, Paek J, Sin Y, Abbas S, Jamil M, Chang YH. Bacillus pakistanensis sp. nov., a halotolerant bacterium isolated from salt mines of the Karak Area in Pakistan. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2014; 105:1163-1172. 🇵🇰

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Record number: 792075

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Species Bacillus pakistanensis