Species ***Bacillus* *pumilus***

Name: Bacillus pumilus Meyer and Gottheil 1901 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: pu’mi.lus. L. masc. adj. pumilus, little

Pronunciation, gender: PU-mi-lus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 7061; BCRC 11706; CCM 2144; CCRC 11706; CCUG 26015; CCUG 26016; CIP 52.67; DSM 27; HAMBI 1826; IAM 12469; IFO 12092; JCM 2508; LMG 18928; LMG 7132; NBRC 12092; NCCB 48024; NCIB 9369; NCIMB 9369; NCTC 10337; NRIC 1010; NRRL NRS-272; VKM B-508

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB271753 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gottheil O. Botanische Beschreibung einiger bodenbakterien. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1901; 7:680-691.

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05938 (N = 95).
- ✏ The authority of the taxon name (Meyer and Gottheil) deliberately differs from the author of the publication (Gottheil).
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "strain GR8: 1 plant pathogen - biological class of risk plant: 2". — 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, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — The risk group for Taiwan has been imported on 2024-11-03. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "P650 = v". — 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 1468 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧
- 🧍 Plant pathogenic according to Bull et al. (2007). Publication: Bull CT, De Boer SH, Denny TP, Firrao G, Fischer Le Saux M, Saddler GS, Scortichini M, Stead DE, Takikawa Y. Comprehensive list of names of plant pathogenic bacteria, 1980-2007. Journal of Plant Pathology 2010; 92:551-592. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Gottheil O. Botanische Beschreibung einiger bodenbakterien. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene. Abteilung II 1901; 7:680-691.

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Species Bacillus pumilus

Species ***Bacillus* *pumilus***