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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Bacillus phocaeensis

Name: Bacillus phocaeensis Cadoret et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pho.cae.en’sis. L. masc. adj. phocaeensis, from Phocea, to refer to the city of Marseille, where the strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: … pho-ka͡e-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 69739; CSUR P2184; SIT16

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LN881595 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Cadoret F, Alou MT, Afouda P, Traore IS, Brechard L, Michelle C, Di Pinto F, Andrieu C, Delerce J, Levasseur A, et al. Noncontiguous finished genome sequences and description of Bacillus massiliglaciei, Bacillus mediterraneensis, Bacillus massilinigeriensis, Bacillus phocaeensis and Bacillus tuaregi, five new species identified by culturomics. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 19:45-59. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 225. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6863.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Cadoret F, Alou MT, Afouda P, Traore IS, Brechard L, Michelle C, Di Pinto F, Andrieu C, Delerce J, Levasseur A, et al. Noncontiguous finished genome sequences and description of Bacillus massiliglaciei, Bacillus mediterraneensis, Bacillus massilinigeriensis, Bacillus phocaeensis and Bacillus tuaregi, five new species identified by culturomics. New Microbes New Infect 2017; 19:45-59. 🇫🇷

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Record number: 67921
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