Species Brevibacillus laterosporus

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

Category, proposed as: species, 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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-ba-KIL-lus la-te-RO-spo-rus, 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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 = 14).
  • 😷 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 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 177 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.
  • 🧍 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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