Name: Brevibacillus brevis (Migula 1900) Shida et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus brevis Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: bre’vis. L. masc./fem. adj. brevis, short

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 8246; BCRC 14682; CCM 2050; CCRC 14682; CCUG 7413; CIP 52.86; DSM 30; HAMBI 1883; IFO 15304; JCM 2503; LMG 7123; NBRC 15304; NCCB 48009; NCIB 9372; NCIMB 9372; NCTC 2611; NRRL B-14602; NRRL NRS-604; VKM B-503

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16S rRNA gene: AB101593 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Komagata K. Proposal for two new genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:939-946.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus brevis Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Brevibacillus Shida et al. 1996. Publication: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Komagata K. Proposal for two new genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:939-946.
  • According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • The full TRBA 466 classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".

Parent taxon: Brevibacillus Shida et al. 1996

Assigned by: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Komagata K. Proposal for two new genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:939-946.

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