Species Bacillus pasteurii

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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: "Urobacillus pasteurii" Miquel 1889

Etymology: pas.teu’ri.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. pasteurii, of Pasteur, named for Louis Pasteur, French chemist and bacteriologist

Pronunciation, gender: pas-TE͡U-ri-i, 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: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Sporosarcina pasteurii (Miquel 1889) Yoon et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

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

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus pasteurii 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 = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 112 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: Chester FD. Report of the mycologist: Bacteriological work. Delaware Agricultural Experimental Station Annual Report 1898; 10:47-137.

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Species Bacillus pasteurii