Name:Bacillusweihenstephanensis Lechner et al. 1998
Category: Species
Proposed as: sp. nov.
Etymology:
wei.hen.ste.phan.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj.weihenstephanensis, referring to Freising-Weihenstephan in southern Germany, the location where the type strain was isolated
Valid publication:
Lechner S, Mayr R, Francis KP, Pruss BM, Kaplan T, Wiessner-Gunkel E, Stewart GS, Scherer S. Bacillus weihenstephanensis sp. nov. is a new psychrotolerant species of the Bacillus cereus group. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1373-1382.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:5-6.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Notes:
⏲ According to Liu et al. (2018), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillusmycoides Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Liu Y, Lai Q, Shao Z. Genome analysis-based reclassification of Bacillus weihenstephanensis as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus mycoides. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:106-112.
🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list.Publication:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:979-981.
❗ Bacillusweihenstephanensis 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.05457 (N = 92).
😷 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 = 2.
🧍 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.
Assigned by:
Lechner S, Mayr R, Francis KP, Pruss BM, Kaplan T, Wiessner-Gunkel E, Stewart GS, Scherer S. Bacillus weihenstephanensis sp. nov. is a new psychrotolerant species of the Bacillus cereus group. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:1373-1382.
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