Species "Bacillus subterminalis"

Name: "Bacillus subterminalis" Hall and Whitehead 1927

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ter.mi.na.lis. L. masc./fem. adj. terminalis; N.L. masc. adj. subterminalis, near the end, subterminal

Gender: masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 25774; BCRC 14486; CCRC 14486; CCUG 21841; CDC KA152; DSM 6970; JCM 1417; NCIMB 10746; VPI 20231

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16S rRNA gene: X68451 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Hall IC, Whitehead RW. A pharmacobacteriologic study of African poisoned arrows. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1927; 41:51-69.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published, basonym of name in Approved Lists

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Clostridium subterminale (Hall and Whitehead 1927) Spray 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)

Risk group: 2

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Clostridium subterminale (Hall and Whitehead 1927) Spray 1948 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "human pathogen". — The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Hall IC, Whitehead RW. A pharmacobacteriologic study of African poisoned arrows. Journal of Infectious Diseases 1927; 41:51-69.

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Record number: 4173

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Species "Bacillus subterminalis"