Name: Brevibacillus laterosporus (Laubach 1916) Shida et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus laterosporus Laubach 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: la.te.ro.spo.rus. L. gen. neut. n. lateris, the side; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and in biology a spore; N.L. masc. adj. laterosporus, with lateral spores

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 4517; ATCC 64; ATCC 8248; BCRC 10607; CCM 2116; CCRC 10607; CCUG 7421; CFBP 4222; CIP 52.83; DSM 25; HAMBI 1882; IAM 12465; IFO 15654; JCM 2496; LMG 16000; LMG 6931; NBIMCC 8942; NBRC 15654; NCCB 48016; NCCB 75013; NCDO 1763; NCFB 1763; NCIB 8213; NCIB 9367; NCIMB 8213; NCIMB 9367; NCTC 6357; NRRL NRS-314; NRRL NRS-340; VKM B-499

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16S rRNA gene: AB112720 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 laterosporus Laubach 1916 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03651 (N = 11).
  • 😷 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 150 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

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: 774190