Species Lysinibacillus fusiformis

Name: Lysinibacillus fusiformis (Priest et al. 1989 ex Meyer and Gottheil 1901) Ahmed et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus fusiformis (ex Meyer and Gottheil 1901) Priest et al. 1989

Etymology: fu.si.for’mis. L. masc. n. fusus, spindle; L. fem. n. forma, shape, form; N.L. masc. adj. fusiformis, spindle-shaped

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ly-si-ni-ba-KIL-lus fu-si-FOR-mis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 7055; CCUG 28888; DSM 2898; IFO 15717; JCM 12229; LMG 9816; NBRC 15717; NRRL NRS-350

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ310083 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ahmed I, Yokota A, Yamazoe A, Fujiwara T. Proposal of Lysinibacillus boronitolerans gen. nov. sp. nov., and transfer of Bacillus fusiformis to Lysinibacillus fusiformis comb. nov. and Bacillus sphaericus to Lysinibacillus sphaericus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1117-1125. 🇵🇰

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus fusiformis (ex Meyer and Gottheil 1901) Priest et al. 1989	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 172 times 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 the species itself.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Lysinibacillus Ahmed et al. 2007

Assigned by: Ahmed I, Yokota A, Yamazoe A, Fujiwara T. Proposal of Lysinibacillus boronitolerans gen. nov. sp. nov., and transfer of Bacillus fusiformis to Lysinibacillus fusiformis comb. nov. and Bacillus sphaericus to Lysinibacillus sphaericus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1117-1125. 🇵🇰

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