Name: Tenuibacillus multivorans Ren and Zhou 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mul.ti’vo.rans. L. masc. adj. multus, many; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. multivorans, devouring numerous kinds of substrates

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: te-nu-i-ba-KIL-lus mul-TI-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: 28-1; CGMCC 1.3442; NBRC 100370

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB681155 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ren PG, Zhou PJ. Tenuibacillus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:95-99. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:987-991.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Tenuibacillus Ren and Zhou 2005. Publication: Ren PG, Zhou PJ. Tenuibacillus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:95-99. 🇨🇳
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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: Tenuibacillus Ren and Zhou 2005

Assigned by: Ren PG, Zhou PJ. Tenuibacillus multivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from saline soil in Xin-Jiang, China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:95-99. 🇨🇳

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