Species Bacillus selenitireducens

Name: Bacillus selenitireducens Switzer Blum et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: se.le.ni.ti.re.du’cens. N.L. masc. n. selenis, selenite; L. pres. part. reducens, reducing; N.L. masc. part. adj. selenitireducens, reducing selenite

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus se-le-ni-ti-re-DU-kens, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700615; DSM 15326; MLS10

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16S rRNA gene: AF064704 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Switzer Blum J, Burns Bindi A, Buzzelli J, Stolz JF, Oremland RS. Bacillus arsenicoselenatis, sp. nov., and Bacillus selenitireducens, sp. nov.: two haloalkaliphiles from Mono Lake, California that respire oxyanions of selenium and arsenic. Arch Microbiol 1998; 171:19-30. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 80. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:793-794.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Salisediminibacterium selenitireducens (Switzer Blum et al. 2001) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Salisediminibacterium selenitireducens (Switzer Blum et al. 2001) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus selenitireducens 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 Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 13 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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.
- 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Bacillus selenitireducens Switzer Blum et al. 2001 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Switzer Blum J, Burns Bindi A, Buzzelli J, Stolz JF, Oremland RS. Bacillus arsenicoselenatis, sp. nov., and Bacillus selenitireducens, sp. nov.: two haloalkaliphiles from Mono Lake, California that respire oxyanions of selenium and arsenic. Arch Microbiol 1998; 171:19-30. 🇺🇸

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Species Bacillus selenitireducens