Species ***Bacillus* *sonorensis***

Name: Bacillus sonorensis Palmisano et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: so.no.ren’sis. N.L. masc. adj. sonorensis, pertaining to the Sonoran Desert, where the organism was found

Pronunciation, gender: so-no-REN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 13779; L87-10; NBRC 101234; NRRL B-23154

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681416 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Palmisano MM, Nakamura LK, Duncan KE, Istock CA, Cohan FM. Bacillus sonorensis sp. nov., a close relative of Bacillus licheniformis, isolated from soil in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1671-1679. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1947-1948.

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 0.09424 (N = 81).
- 😷 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. — 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 58 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: Palmisano MM, Nakamura LK, Duncan KE, Istock CA, Cohan FM. Bacillus sonorensis sp. nov., a close relative of Bacillus licheniformis, isolated from soil in the Sonoran Desert, Arizona. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1671-1679. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 773839

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Species Bacillus sonorensis

Species ***Bacillus* *sonorensis***