Species Bacillus pantothenticus

Name: Bacillus pantothenticus Proom and Knight 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pan.to.then’ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. acidum pantothenticum, pantothenic acid; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. pantothenticus, relating to pantothenic acid

Pronunciation, gender: pan-to-T^HEN-ti-kus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14576; B 18; CCUG 7424; CFBP 4270; CIP 51.24; DSM 26; HAMBI 476; JCM 20334; LMG 7129; NBRC 102447; NCDO 1765; NCFB 1765; NCIB 8775; NCIMB 8775; NCTC 8162; NRRL NRS-1321; VKM B-507

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16S rRNA gene: AB681789 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Proom H, Knight BC. Bacillus pantothenticus (n.sp.). J Gen Microbiol 1950; 4:539-541.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus pantothenticus 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 9 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: Proom H, Knight BC. Bacillus pantothenticus (n.sp.). J Gen Microbiol 1950; 4:539-541.

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Species Bacillus pantothenticus