Name: Lysinibacillus sphaericus (Meyer and Neide 1904) Ahmed et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus sphaericus Meyer and Neide 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: sphae’ri.cus. L. masc. adj. sphaericus, spherical

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14577; B 23268; BCRC 12825; CCM 2120; CCRC 12825; CCUG 7428; CIP 65.30; DSM 28; HAMBI 1938; IAM 13420; IFO 15095; JCM 2502; LMG 7134; NBRC 15095; NCCB 75018; NCIB 9370; NCIMB 9370; NCTC 10338; NRRL B-23268; VKM B-509

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ310084 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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus sphaericus Meyer and Neide 1904 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lysinibacillus mangiferihumi corrig. Yang et al. 2012	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lysinibacillus mangiferahumi Yang et al. 2012	heterotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Lysinibacillus varians Zhu et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Lysinibacillus tabacifolii Duan et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Dunlap (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Lysinibacillus mangiferahumi Yang et al. 2012. Publication: Dunlap CA. Lysinibacillus mangiferihumi, Lysinibacillus tabacifolii and Lysinibacillus varians are later heterotypic synonyms of Lysinibacillus sphaericus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2958-2962.
  • ⏰ According to Dunlap (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Lysinibacillus mangiferihumi corrig. Yang et al. 2012. Publication: Dunlap CA. Lysinibacillus mangiferihumi, Lysinibacillus tabacifolii and Lysinibacillus varians are later heterotypic synonyms of Lysinibacillus sphaericus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2958-2962.
  • ⏰ According to Dunlap (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Lysinibacillus tabacifolii Duan et al. 2014. Publication: Dunlap CA. Lysinibacillus mangiferihumi, Lysinibacillus tabacifolii and Lysinibacillus varians are later heterotypic synonyms of Lysinibacillus sphaericus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2958-2962.
  • ⏰ According to Dunlap (2019), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Lysinibacillus varians Zhu et al. 2014. Publication: Dunlap CA. Lysinibacillus mangiferihumi, Lysinibacillus tabacifolii and Lysinibacillus varians are later heterotypic synonyms of Lysinibacillus sphaericus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:2958-2962.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 69, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:3663-3665.
  • 😷 The risk group for Belgium has been imported on 2024-02-05. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "animal pathogen - biological class of risk animal: 2". — 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 256 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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 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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