Name: Fictibacillus arsenicus (Shivaji et al. 2005) Glaeser et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus arsenicus Shivaji et al. 2005

Etymology: ar.sen.i’cus. N.L. masc. adj. arsenicus, pertaining to arsenic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: Con a/3; DSM 15822; JCM 12167; MTCC 4380

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ606700 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Glaeser SP, Dott W, Busse HJ, Kampfer P. Fictibacillus phosphorivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. and proposal to reclassify Bacillus arsenicus, Bacillus barbaricus, Bacillus macauensis, Bacillus nanhaiensis, Bacillus rigui, Bacillus solisalsi and Bacillus gelatini in the genus Fictibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2934-2944.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3935-3936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus arsenicus Shivaji et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20534 (N = 27).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fictibacillus Glaeser et al. 2013

Assigned by: Glaeser SP, Dott W, Busse HJ, Kampfer P. Fictibacillus phosphorivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. and proposal to reclassify Bacillus arsenicus, Bacillus barbaricus, Bacillus macauensis, Bacillus nanhaiensis, Bacillus rigui, Bacillus solisalsi and Bacillus gelatini in the genus Fictibacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2934-2944.

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Record number: 791000