Species ***Bacillus* *spizizenii***

Name: Bacillus spizizenii (Nakamura et al. 1999) Dunlap et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii Nakamura et al. 1999

Etymology: spi.zi.ze’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. spizizenii, named after the American bacteriologist J. Spizizen, whose seminal studies of Bacillus subtilis made this species a model organism of bacterial genetics

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17366; CIP 106094; DSM 15029; LMG 19156; NBRC 101239; NRRL B-23049; TU-B-10

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN536905 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Dunlap CA, Bowman MJ, Zeigler DR. Promotion of Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum, Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii and Bacillus subtilis subsp. stercoris to species status. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1-12.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii Nakamura et al. 1999	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.25968 (N = 107).
- 😷 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". — 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 29 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: Dunlap CA, Bowman MJ, Zeigler DR. Promotion of Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum, Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii and Bacillus subtilis subsp. stercoris to species status. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1-12.

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Record number: 7856

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Species Bacillus spizizenii

Species ***Bacillus* *spizizenii***