Name: Heyndrickxia acidiproducens (Jung et al. 2009) Narsing Rao et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus acidiproducens Jung et al. 2009

Etymology: a.ci.di.pro.du’cens. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; L. pres. part. producens, producing; N.L. fem. part. adj. acidiproducens, acid-producing

Pronunciation, gender: a-ki-di-pro-DU-kens, feminine

Type strain: DSM 23148; JCM 14638; KCTC 13078; SL213

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF379274 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Narsing Rao MP, Banerjee A, Liu GH, Thamchaipenet A. Genome-based reclassification of Bacillus acidicola, Bacillus pervagus and the genera Heyndrickxia, Margalitia and Weizmannia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5961.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6041.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus acidiproducens Jung et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Weizmannia acidiproducens (Jung et al. 2009) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.01133 (N = 102).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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: Heyndrickxia Gupta et al. 2020

Assigned by: Narsing Rao MP, Banerjee A, Liu GH, Thamchaipenet A. Genome-based reclassification of Bacillus acidicola, Bacillus pervagus and the genera Heyndrickxia, Margalitia and Weizmannia. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5961.

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Record number: 39733