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Species Bacillus zhangzhouensis

Name: Bacillus zhangzhouensis Liu et al. 2016

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: zhang.zhou.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. zhangzhouensis, of Zhangzhou, a city in Fujian, China, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus z͡han͡g-z͡hou-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DW5-4; KCTC 33531; LMG 27144; MCCC 1A08372

16S rRNA gene: JX680133 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Du J, Shao Z. Bacillus zhangzhouensis sp. nov. and Bacillus australimaris sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1193-1199. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2126-2128.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 17 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: Liu Y, Lai Q, Du J, Shao Z. Bacillus zhangzhouensis sp. nov. and Bacillus australimaris sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1193-1199. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 793937