Species Bacillus popilliae

Name: Bacillus popilliae Dutky 1940 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: N.L. fem. n. Popillia, generic name of the Japanese beetle; N.L. gen. fem. n. popilliae, of Popillia

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14706; CCUG 28881; CIP 106066; DSM 22700; NCCB 75017; NRRL B-2309

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB073198 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dutky SR. Two new spore-forming bacteria causing milky diseases of Japanese beetle larvae. Journal of Agricultural Research 1940; 61:57-68.

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

Correct name: Paenibacillus popilliae (Dutky 1940) Pettersson et al. 1999

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Paenibacillus popilliae (Dutky 1940) Pettersson et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus popilliae 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 Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "PI". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "n". — 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 65 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dutky SR. Two new spore-forming bacteria causing milky diseases of Japanese beetle larvae. Journal of Agricultural Research 1940; 61:57-68.

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Species Bacillus popilliae