Species ***Bacillus* *safensis***

Name: Bacillus safensis Satomi et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.fen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. safensis, arbitrarily derived from SAF (the spacecraft-assembly facility at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, USA), from where the organism was first isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1126; DSM 19292; FO-36b; NBRC 100820

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT989852 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Satomi M, La Duc MT, Venkateswaran K. Bacillus safensis sp. nov., isolated from spacecraft and assembly-facility surfaces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1735-1740.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2509-2510.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06718 (N = 92).
- 😷 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 193 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Bacillus safensis subsp. osmophilus Abril et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Bacillus safensis subsp. safensis (Satomi et al. 2006) Abril et al. 2019	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Satomi M, La Duc MT, Venkateswaran K. Bacillus safensis sp. nov., isolated from spacecraft and assembly-facility surfaces. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1735-1740.

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Record number: 785302

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Species Bacillus safensis

Species ***Bacillus* *safensis***