Name: Ureibacillus massiliensis (Glazunova et al. 2006) Gupta and Patel 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus massiliensis Glazunova et al. 2006

Etymology: mas.si.li.en’sis. L. masc. adj. massiliensis, of Massilia, the ancient Greek and Roman name for Marseille, France, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: mas-si-li-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 4400831; CCUG 49529; CIP 108446; DSM 27596

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY677116 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Lysinibacillus massiliensis (Glazunova et al. 2006) Jung et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus massiliensis Glazunova et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04827 (N = 16).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Ureibacillus Fortina et al. 2001

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 7854