Species Bacillus vulcani

Name: Bacillus vulcani Caccamo et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vul.ca’ni. N.L. gen. masc. n. vulcani, of the volcano, pertaining to the Eolian Island Vulcano where the organism was isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal vent

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 3s-1; CIP 106305; DSM 13174; JCM 12214

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16S rRNA gene: AJ293805 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Caccamo D, Gugliandolo C, Stackebrandt E, Maugeri TL. Bacillus vulcani sp. nov., a novel thermophilic species isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2009-2012.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Geobacillus vulcani (Caccamo et al. 2000) Nazina et al. 2004

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Geobacillus vulcani (Caccamo et al. 2000) Nazina et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus vulcani is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacillus.
- 😷 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 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 2024-03-28.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Caccamo D, Gugliandolo C, Stackebrandt E, Maugeri TL. Bacillus vulcani sp. nov., a novel thermophilic species isolated from a shallow marine hydrothermal vent. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2009-2012.

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Species Bacillus vulcani