Name: Brevibacillus centrosporus (Nakamura 1993 ex Ford 1916) Shida et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus centrosporus (ex Ford 1916) Nakamura 1993

Etymology: cen.tro.spo.rus. L. neut. n. centrum, the center; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and in biology a spore; N.L. masc. adj. centrosporus, with a central spore

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 8445; NRRL NRS-664

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB112719 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 centrosporus (ex Ford 1916) Nakamura 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.17357 (N = 7).
  • 😷 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 = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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.

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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Record number: 774186