Species ***Bacillus* *toyonensis***

Name: Bacillus toyonensis Jiménez et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: to.yo.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. toyonensis, arbitrary epithet formed from the name of a company called Toyo Jozo

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCT-7112; CECT 876; NCIMB 14858

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ310100 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Jimenez G, Urdiain M, Cifuentes A, Lopez-Lopez A, Blanch AR, Tamames J, Kampfer P, Kolsto AB, Ramon D, Martinez JF, et al. Description of Bacillus toyonensis sp. nov., a novel species of the Bacillus cereus group, and pairwise genome comparisons of the species of the group by means of ANI calculations. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:383-391.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 155. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:1-5.

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 -0.05104 (N = 92).
- 😷 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 81 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Bacillus cereus Frankland and Frankland 1887 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Frankland GC, Frankland PF. Studies on some new microorganisms obtained from air. Royal Society London, Philosophical Transactions, Series B, Biological Sciences 1887; 178:257-287. 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Bacillus cereus Frankland and Frankland 1887 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Frankland GC, Frankland PF. Studies on some new microorganisms obtained from air. Royal Society London, Philosophical Transactions, Series B, Biological Sciences 1887; 178:257-287. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🧍 A genome-scale phylogenetic analysis of the Bacillus cereus group was conducted by Liu et al. (2015). Publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Goker M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Wang M, Sun Y, Wang L, Shao Z. Genomic insights into the taxonomic status of the Bacillus cereus group. Sci Rep 2015; 5:14082.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Jimenez G, Urdiain M, Cifuentes A, Lopez-Lopez A, Blanch AR, Tamames J, Kampfer P, Kolsto AB, Ramon D, Martinez JF, et al. Description of Bacillus toyonensis sp. nov., a novel species of the Bacillus cereus group, and pairwise genome comparisons of the species of the group by means of ANI calculations. Syst Appl Microbiol 2013; 36:383-391.

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Species Bacillus toyonensis

Species ***Bacillus* *toyonensis***