Species Brevibacillus schisleri

Name: Brevibacillus schisleri Johnson and Dunlap 2019

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: schis’le.ri. N.L. gen. masc. n. schisleri, in honour of David Schisler, an American plant pathologist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-ba-KIL-lus S͡HIS-le-ri, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 35690; LMG 17055

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MXAR01000001 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Johnson ET, Dunlap CA. Phylogenomic analysis of the Brevibacillus brevis clade: a proposal for three new Brevibacillus species, Brevibacillus fortis sp. nov., Brevibacillus porteri sp. nov. and Brevibacillus schisleri sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:991-999. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 190. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3313-3314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 2 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Brevibacillus brevis (Migula 1900) 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. 🇯🇵 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.
  • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Brevibacillus Shida et al. 1996

Assigned by: Johnson ET, Dunlap CA. Phylogenomic analysis of the Brevibacillus brevis clade: a proposal for three new Brevibacillus species, Brevibacillus fortis sp. nov., Brevibacillus porteri sp. nov. and Brevibacillus schisleri sp. nov. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2019; 112:991-999. 🇺🇸

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