Name: Lysinibacillus macroides (ex Bennett and Canale-Parola 1965) Coorevits et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov., nom. rev.

Etymology: ma.cro.i’des. Gr. masc. adj. makros, large or long; Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, form or shape; N.L. masc. adj. macroides, long in form, describing the elongated appearance of the rods

Pronunciation, gender: ma-kro-I-des, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12905; DSM 54; LMG 18474

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16S rRNA gene: KY643638 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Coorevits A, Dinsdale AE, Heyrman J, Schumann P, Van Landschoot A, Logan NA, De Vos P. Lysinibacillus macroides sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1121-1127. 🇧🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1723-1724.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• 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 2023-10-29. 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 26 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.
  • 🧍 Lysinibacillus macroides (ex Bennett and Canale-Parola 1965) Coorevits et al. 2012 was previously known "Lineola longa" Pringsheim and Robinow 1947 [1], then as "Bacillus macroides" Bennett and Canale-Parola 1965 [2]. Publication: Pringsheim EG, Robinow CF. Observations on two very large bacteria, Caryophanon latum Peshkoff and Lineola longa (nomen provisorium). J Gen Microbiol 1947; 1:267-278.
  • 🧍 See also: Publication: Bennett JF, Canale-Parola E. The taxonomic status of Lineola longa. Arch. Mikrobiol. 1965; 52:197-205.

Parent taxon: Lysinibacillus Ahmed et al. 2007

Assigned by: Coorevits A, Dinsdale AE, Heyrman J, Schumann P, Van Landschoot A, Logan NA, De Vos P. Lysinibacillus macroides sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1121-1127. 🇧🇪

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Record number: 789872