Species ***Bacillus* *paralicheniformis***

Name: Bacillus paralicheniformis Dunlap et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pa.ra.li.che.ni.for’mis. Gr. prep. para, beside, alongside, near, like; N.L. masc./fem. adj. licheniformis, lichen-shaped, a bacterial specific epithet; N.L. masc. adj. paralicheniformis, similar to Bacillus licheniformis

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pa-ra-li-k^he-ni-FOR-mis, masculine

Type strain: KACC 18426; KJ-16; NRRL B-65293

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY694465 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Dunlap CA, Kwon SW, Rooney AP, Kim SJ. Bacillus paralicheniformis sp. nov., isolated from fermented soybean paste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3487-3492. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09145 (N = 85).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "strain PH2970: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; default: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1; strain PH0273: 1 Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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 138 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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: Dunlap CA, Kwon SW, Rooney AP, Kim SJ. Bacillus paralicheniformis sp. nov., isolated from fermented soybean paste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3487-3492. 🇰🇷

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Species Bacillus paralicheniformis

Species ***Bacillus* *paralicheniformis***