Species Bacillus paraflexus

Name: Bacillus paraflexus Chandna et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.fle’xus. Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside, near, like; L. masc. perf. part. flexus, flexible, and also a specific epithet; N.L. masc. part. adj. paraflexus, near Bacillus flexus

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCM 7754; KCTC 13724; MCC 2100; MTCC 9831; RC2

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: FN999943 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Chandna P, Mayilraj S, Kuhad RC. Bacillus paraflexus sp. nov., isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4735-4743.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:697-699.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Priestia paraflexa (Chandna et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Priestia paraflexa (Chandna et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus paraflexus 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 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Chandna P, Mayilraj S, Kuhad RC. Bacillus paraflexus sp. nov., isolated from compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4735-4743.

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Species Bacillus paraflexus