Species ***Bacillus* *tequilensis***

Name: Bacillus tequilensis Gatson et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.qui.len’sis. N.L. masc. adj. tequilensis, pertaining to Tequila, Mexico

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

Type strain: 10b; ATCC BAA-819; NCTC 13306

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ847721 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gatson JW, Benz BF, Chandrasekaran C, Satomi M, Venkateswaran K, Hart ME. Bacillus tequilensis sp. nov., isolated from a 2000-year-old Mexican shaft-tomb, is closely related to Bacillus subtilis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1475-1484. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2251-2252.

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 0.24988 (N = 66).
- 😷 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 164 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Bacillus subtilis (Ehrenberg 1835) Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Cohn F. Untersuchungen über Bakterien. In: Cohn F (eds), Beiträge zur Biologie der Pflanzen 1 (Heft 2), 1872, Max Müller, Breslau, 1875, p. 127-224. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🙆 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: Gatson JW, Benz BF, Chandrasekaran C, Satomi M, Venkateswaran K, Hart ME. Bacillus tequilensis sp. nov., isolated from a 2000-year-old Mexican shaft-tomb, is closely related to Bacillus subtilis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1475-1484. 🇺🇸

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Species Bacillus tequilensis

Species ***Bacillus* *tequilensis***