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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Bacillus spongiae

Name: Bacillus spongiae Lee et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spon.gi’ae. L. gen. fem. n. spongiae, of a sponge, source of the type strain

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 135PIL107-10; KACC 19275; LMG 30080

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY451772 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Lee GE, Im WT, Park JS. Bacillus spongiae sp. nov., isolated from sponge of Jeju Island. J Microbiol 2018; 56:217-222.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 187. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1247-1250.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Lee GE, Im WT, Park JS. Bacillus spongiae sp. nov., isolated from sponge of Jeju Island. J Microbiol 2018; 56:217-222.

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Record number: 800729
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