Species Bacillus pocheonensis

Name: Bacillus pocheonensis Ten et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: po.che.on.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. pocheonensis, pertaining to Pocheon Province in South Korea, the source of the soil sample from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18135; Gsoil 420; KCTC 13943

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB245377 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ten LN, Baek SH, Im WT, Larina LL, Lee JS, Oh HM, Lee ST. Bacillus pocheonensis sp. nov., a moderately halotolerant, aerobic bacterium isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2532-2537.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:313-314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Neobacillus pocheonensis (Ten et al. 2007) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Neobacillus pocheonensis (Ten et al. 2007) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus pocheonensis 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 7 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: Ten LN, Baek SH, Im WT, Larina LL, Lee JS, Oh HM, Lee ST. Bacillus pocheonensis sp. nov., a moderately halotolerant, aerobic bacterium isolated from soil of a ginseng field. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2532-2537.

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Record number: 786904

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Species Bacillus pocheonensis