Species ***Bacillus* *tropicus***

Name: Bacillus tropicus Liu et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tro’pi.cus. L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical, referring to the tropical region

Gender: masculine

Type strain: KCTC 33711; LMG 28874; MCCC 1A01406; N24

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KJ812435 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu Y, Du J, Lai Q, Zeng R, Ye D, Xu J, Shao Z. Proposal of nine novel species of the Bacillus cereus group. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2499-2508.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4294-4297.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.05287 (N = 63).
- 😷 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 33 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Liu Y, Du J, Lai Q, Zeng R, Ye D, Xu J, Shao Z. Proposal of nine novel species of the Bacillus cereus group. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2499-2508.

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Species Bacillus tropicus

Species ***Bacillus* *tropicus***