Species ***Bacillus* *songklensis***

Name: Bacillus songklensis Kang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: songk.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. songklensis, belonging to Songkla, named after Prince of Songkla University, Thailand, where the first strain was isolated from a soil sample

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … son͡gk-LEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CAU 1033; CCUG 61889; KCTC 13881

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JN036548 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kang H, Weerawongwiwat V, Kim JH, Sukhoom A, Kim W. Bacillus songklensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4189-4195. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

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 -0.06667 (N = 76).
- 😷 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 3 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Kang H, Weerawongwiwat V, Kim JH, Sukhoom A, Kim W. Bacillus songklensis sp. nov., isolated from soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4189-4195. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 791282

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Species Bacillus songklensis

Species ***Bacillus* *songklensis***