Name: Gottfriedia luciferensis (Logan et al. 2002) Gupta et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus luciferensis Logan et al. 2002

Etymology: lu.ci.fer.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. luciferensis, referring to Lucifer Hill, a volcano on Candlemas Island, South Sandwich Islands, the soil of which yielded the organism

Gender: feminine

Type strain: CIP 107105; DSM 18845; isolate SSI061; JCM 12212; LMG 18422; Logan B1761; Logan collection number B1761; SSI 61

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ419629 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: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus luciferensis Logan et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Gottfriedia Gupta et al. 2020. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 See also Gupta et al. (2020). Publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Erratum: Robust demarcation of seventeen distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the subtilis and cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6531-6533.

Parent taxon: Gottfriedia Gupta et al. 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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Record number: 14722