Name: Rummeliibacillus pycnus (Nakamura et al. 2002) Vaishampayan et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus pycnus Nakamura et al. 2002

Etymology: pyc.nus. Gr. masc. adj. pyknos, thick; N.L. masc. adj. pycnus, thick, referring to thick cells

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15030; JCM 11075; NBRC 101231; NRRL NRS-1691; NRS-1691

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB271739 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Vaishampayan P, Miyashita M, Ohnishi A, Satomi M, Rooney A, La Duc MT, Venkateswaran K. Description of Rummeliibacillus stabekisii gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus pycnus Nakamura et al. 2002 as Rummeliibacillus pycnus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1094-1099.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1853-1855.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus pycnus Nakamura et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04945 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Rummeliibacillus Vaishampayan et al. 2009

Assigned by: Vaishampayan P, Miyashita M, Ohnishi A, Satomi M, Rooney A, La Duc MT, Venkateswaran K. Description of Rummeliibacillus stabekisii gen. nov., sp. nov. and reclassification of Bacillus pycnus Nakamura et al. 2002 as Rummeliibacillus pycnus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:1094-1099.

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