Name: Mesobacillus zeae (Kämpfer et al. 2017) Patel and Gupta 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus zeae Kämpfer et al. 2017

Etymology: ze’ae. L. gen. fem. n. zeae, of Zea mays, referring to its isolation from the rhizosphere of corn (Zea mays)

Pronunciation, gender: ZE-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: CCM 8726; DSM 103964; JJ-247; LMG 29876

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY114944 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Patel S, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and comparative genomic framework for resolving the polyphyly of the genus Bacillus: Proposal for six new genera of Bacillus species, Peribacillus gen. nov., Cytobacillus gen. nov., Mesobacillus gen. nov., Neobacillus gen. nov., Metabacillus gen. nov. and Alkalihalobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:406-438.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus zeae Kämpfer et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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: Mesobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020

Assigned by: Patel S, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and comparative genomic framework for resolving the polyphyly of the genus Bacillus: Proposal for six new genera of Bacillus species, Peribacillus gen. nov., Cytobacillus gen. nov., Mesobacillus gen. nov., Neobacillus gen. nov., Metabacillus gen. nov. and Alkalihalobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:406-438.

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/mesobacillus-zeaeCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 7433