Name: Psychrobacillus lasiicapitis Shen et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: la.si.i.ca’pi.tis. N.L. masc. n. Lasius, an ant genus; L. neut. n. caput (gen. capitis), head; N.L. gen. neut. n. lasiicapitis, of the head of a Lasius ant

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.15308; DSM 100484; NEAU-3TGS17

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP219721 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shen Y, Fu Y, Yu Y, Zhao J, Li J, Li Y, Wang X, Zhang J, Xiang W. Psychrobacillus lasiicapitis sp. nov., isolated from the head of an ant (Lasius fuliginosus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4462-4467. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.00233 (N = 7).
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Psychrobacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2011

Assigned by: Shen Y, Fu Y, Yu Y, Zhao J, Li J, Li Y, Wang X, Zhang J, Xiang W. Psychrobacillus lasiicapitis sp. nov., isolated from the head of an ant (Lasius fuliginosus). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4462-4467. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 796170