Name: Cytobacillus ciccensis (Liu et al. 2017) Gupta et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus ciccensis Liu et al. 2017

Etymology: cic.cen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. ciccensis, pertaining to the arbitrary name formed from the acronym of the China Centre of Industrial Culture Collection, CICC, where taxonomic studies on this species were performed

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 5L6; CICC 23855; KCTC 33663

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16S rRNA gene: KP965576 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Cytobacillus solani (Liu et al. 2015) Patel and Gupta 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus ciccensis Liu et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus solani Liu et al. 2015	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Cytobacillus solani (Liu et al. 2015) Patel and Gupta 2020	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Guo et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Cytobacillus solani (Liu et al. 2015) Patel and Gupta 2020. Publication: Guo Y, Hu S, Li K, Xinke T, Sun Y, Gao J. Proposal of Bacillus ciccensis Liu et al. as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Cytobacillus solani (Liu et al.) Patel and Gupta Using Comparative Genomic Analysis. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:843-847.
  • ⏲ According to Guo et al. (2021), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus solani Liu et al. 2015. Publication: Guo Y, Hu S, Li K, Xinke T, Sun Y, Gao J. Proposal of Bacillus ciccensis Liu et al. as a Later Heterotypic Synonym of Cytobacillus solani (Liu et al.) Patel and Gupta Using Comparative Genomic Analysis. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:843-847.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 34. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4816.
  • ❗ Cytobacillus ciccensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Cytobacillus.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Cytobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798.

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