Species ***Bacillus* *tianshenii***

Name: Bacillus tianshenii Jiang et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ti.an.she’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. tianshenii, of Tian-Shen, to honour Tian-Shen Tao for his contributions to microbial taxonomy in China

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ti-an-S͡HE-ni-i, masculine

Type strain: DSM 25879; KCTC 33044; YIM M13235

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16S rRNA gene: KF811034 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jiang Z, Zhang DF, Khieu TN, Son CK, Zhang XM, Cheng J, Tian XP, Zhang S, Li WJ. Bacillus tianshenii sp. nov., isolated from a marine sediment sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1998-2002. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Sutcliffiella tianshenii (Jiang et al. 2014) Li et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Sutcliffiella tianshenii" (Jiang et al. 2014) de Miranda et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 😷 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 3 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.
- 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species affiliates within Sutcliffiella and should be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218. 🇪🇸

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jiang Z, Zhang DF, Khieu TN, Son CK, Zhang XM, Cheng J, Tian XP, Zhang S, Li WJ. Bacillus tianshenii sp. nov., isolated from a marine sediment sample. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1998-2002. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 791885

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Species Bacillus tianshenii

Species ***Bacillus* *tianshenii***