Species Bacillus pasteuri

Name: Bacillus pasteuri (Miquel 1889) Chester 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Urobacillus pasteurii" Miquel 1889

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pas-TE͡U-ri, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 11859; CCUG 7425; CIP 66.21; DSM 33; LMG 7130; NCCB 48021; NCIB 8841; NCIMB 8841; NCTC 4822; NRRL NRS-673; VKM B-513

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X60631 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chester FD. Report of the mycologist: Bacteriological work. Delaware Agricultural Experimental Station Annual Report 1898; 10:47-137.

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

Nomenclatural status: inaccurate spelling

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

Correct name: Bacillus pasteurii corrig. (Miquel 1889) Chester 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Urobacillus pasteurii" Miquel 1889	homotypic synonym, not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists
Sporosarcina pasteurii (Miquel 1889) Yoon et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Bacillus pasteurii corrig. (Miquel 1889) Chester 1898 (Approved Lists 1980)	corrected spelling of name, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2026-02-17.
- 🙅 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: Chester FD. Report of the mycologist: Bacteriological work. Delaware Agricultural Experimental Station Annual Report 1898; 10:47-137.

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Record number: 70851

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Species Bacillus pasteuri