Species Cytobacillus massiliigabonensis

Name: Cytobacillus massiliigabonensis (Sarr et al. 2021) Liu et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus massiliigabonensis corrig. Sarr et al. 2021

Etymology: mas.si.li.i.ga.bo.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. massiliigabonensis, a composed name designating Marseille and Gabon, the city and the country where the strain and the stool specimen was characterized and collected, respectively

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ky-to-ba-KIL-lus mas-si-li-i-ga-bo-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 69738; CSUR P2639; Marseille P2639

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT598571 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Liu BB, Liu GH, Dhulappa A, Rao MPN. Proposal to transfer Bacillus dafuensis and Bacillus massiliigabonensis to the genus Cytobacillus as Cytobacillus dafuensis comb. nov., and Cytobacillus massiliigabonensis comb. nov., respectively. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 214. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6080.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus massiliogabonensis Sarr et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Bacillus massiliogabonensis" Mourembou et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Bacillus massiliigabonensis corrig. Sarr et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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 1 time 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.

Parent taxon: Cytobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020

Assigned by: Liu BB, Liu GH, Dhulappa A, Rao MPN. Proposal to transfer Bacillus dafuensis and Bacillus massiliigabonensis to the genus Cytobacillus as Cytobacillus dafuensis comb. nov., and Cytobacillus massiliigabonensis comb. nov., respectively. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 9597