Species Bacillus zeae

Name: Bacillus zeae Kämpfer et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ze’ae. L. gen. fem. n. zeae, of Zea mays, referring to its isolation from the rhizosphere of corn (Zea mays)

Pronunciation, gender: ZE-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: CCM 8726; DSM 103964; JJ-247; LMG 29876

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY114944 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Busse HJ, McInroy JA, Hu CH, Kloepper JW, Glaeser SP. Bacillus zeae sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1241-1246. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Mesobacillus zeae (Kämpfer et al. 2017) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Mesobacillus zeae (Kämpfer et al. 2017) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus zeae 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 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 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: Kampfer P, Busse HJ, McInroy JA, Hu CH, Kloepper JW, Glaeser SP. Bacillus zeae sp. nov., isolated from the rhizosphere of Zea mays. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1241-1246. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 795291

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Species Bacillus zeae