Name: Hydrogenibacillus schlegelii (Schenk and Aragno 1981) Kämpfer et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus schlegelii Schenk and Aragno 1981

Etymology: schle.gel’i.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. schlegelii, of Schlegel, named after H. G. Schlegel, a German microbiologist

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43741; CCUG 26017; CIP 106933; DSM 2000; LMG 7133; MA 48

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB042060 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ. Transfer of Bacillus schlegelii to a novel genus and proposal of Hydrogenibacillus schlegelii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1723-1727.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2755-2756.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus schlegelii Schenk and Aragno 1981	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Hydrogenibacillus Kämpfer et al. 2013. Publication: Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ. Transfer of Bacillus schlegelii to a novel genus and proposal of Hydrogenibacillus schlegelii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1723-1727.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species is classified within the class Bacilli, but affiliates within the class Clostridia and may be reclassified". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Hydrogenibacillus Kämpfer et al. 2013

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Glaeser SP, Busse HJ. Transfer of Bacillus schlegelii to a novel genus and proposal of Hydrogenibacillus schlegelii gen. nov., comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1723-1727.

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Record number: 790706