Species ***Bacillus* *pseudomycoides***

Name: Bacillus pseudomycoides Nakamura 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pseu.do.my.co.i’des. Gr. neut. adj. pseudes, false; N.L. adj. mycoides, fungus-like; N.L. masc. adj. pseudomycoides, false fungus-like

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus pse͡u-do-my-ko-I-des, masculine

Type strain: CIP 105700; DSM 12442; JCM 12231; LMG 18993; NBRC 101232; NRRL B-617

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF013121 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakamura LK. Bacillus pseudomycoides sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1031-1035. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1085-1087.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.05765 (N = 95).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — 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 = 2. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 69 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
- 🧍 A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of the Bacillus cereus group was conducted by Liu et al. (2015). Publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Goker M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Wang M, Sun Y, Wang L, Shao Z. Genomic insights into the taxonomic status of the Bacillus cereus group. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14082. 🇨🇳

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nakamura LK. Bacillus pseudomycoides sp. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1031-1035. 🇺🇸

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Species Bacillus pseudomycoides

Species ***Bacillus* *pseudomycoides***