Species ***Bacillus* *vallismortis***

Name: Bacillus vallismortis Roberts et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: val.lis.mor’tis. L. gen. fem. n. vallis, valley; L. fem. n. mors (gen. mortis), death; N.L. gen. fem. n. vallismortis, of Death Valley

Pronunciation, gender: wal-lis-MOR-tis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700092; CIP 104792; DSM 11031; DV1-F-3; LMG 18725; NBRC 101236; NRRL B-14890

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021198 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Roberts MS, Nakamura LK, Cohan FM. Bacillus vallismortis sp. nov., a close relative of Bacillus subtilis, isolated from soil in Death Valley, California. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:470-475. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.24598 (N = 78).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 66 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Roberts MS, Nakamura LK, Cohan FM. Bacillus vallismortis sp. nov., a close relative of Bacillus subtilis, isolated from soil in Death Valley, California. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:470-475. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 773903

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Species Bacillus vallismortis

Species ***Bacillus* *vallismortis***