Name: Brevibacillus invocatus Logan et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.vo.ca’tus. L. masc. part. adj. invocatus, uninvited, referring to the isolation of strains of this organism as contaminants of an industrial fermentation

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-wo-KA-tus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-715; B 2156; CIP 106911; DSM 16423; JCM 12215; LMG 18962; NCIMB 13772

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16S rRNA gene: AB112718 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Logan NA, Forsyth G, Lebbe L, Goris J, Heyndrickx M, Balcaen A, Verhelst A, Falsen E, Ljungh A, Hansson HB, et al. Polyphasic identification of Bacillus and Brevibacillus strains from clinical, dairy and industrial specimens and proposal of Brevibacillus invocatus sp. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:953-966. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1077-1079.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16856 (N = 7).
  • 😷 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. — 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The specific epithet is a Latin adjective, not a Neo-Latin adjective as cited by Logan et al. 2002. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Brevibacillus Shida et al. 1996

Assigned by: Logan NA, Forsyth G, Lebbe L, Goris J, Heyndrickx M, Balcaen A, Verhelst A, Falsen E, Ljungh A, Hansson HB, et al. Polyphasic identification of Bacillus and Brevibacillus strains from clinical, dairy and industrial specimens and proposal of Brevibacillus invocatus sp. nov.. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:953-966. 🇬🇧

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Record number: 774189