Species Priestia iocasae

Name: Priestia iocasae (Wang et al. 2017) Li et al. 2024

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus iocasae Wang et al. 2017

Etymology: io’ca.sae. N.L. gen. fem. n. iocasae, name arbitrarily formed from Institute of Oceanology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, where the study on strain S36T was carried out

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: PRIES-ti-a IO-ka-sa͡e, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.16030; DSM 104297; KCTC 33864; S36

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KY462210 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6619.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Metabacillus iocasae (Wang et al. 2017) Gupta et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Metabacillus iocasae (Wang et al. 2017) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus iocasae Wang et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Priestia iocasae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Priestia.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-12-09.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Priestia Gupta et al. 2020

Assigned by: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 55498