Name: Neobacillus cucumis (Kämpfer et al. 2016) Patel and Gupta 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus cucumis Kämpfer et al. 2016

Etymology: cu.cu’mis. L. masc. n. cucumis, of the cucumber, referring to the isolation source of the type strain, rhizosphere soil sticking to the roots of field-grown Cucumis sativus (also as genitive)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AP-6; CCM 8651; CIP 110974; DSM 101566; LMG 29192

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KT895286 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus cucumis Kämpfer et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Neobacillus 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.

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Record number: 7423