Name: Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus pantothenticus Proom and Knight 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: pan.to.then.ti.cus. N.L. neut. n. acidum pantothenticum, pantothenic acid; L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, adjectival suffix used with the sense of belonging to; N.L. masc. adj. pantothenticus, relating to pantothenic acid

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 14576; B 18; CCUG 7424; CFBP 4270; CIP 51.24; DSM 26; HAMBI 476; JCM 20334; LMG 7129; NBRC 102447; NCDO 1765; NCFB 1765; NCIB 8775; NCIMB 8775; NCTC 8162; NRRL NRS-1321; VKM B-507

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16S rRNA gene: AB681789 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Heyndrickx M, Lebbe L, Kersters K, De Vos P, Forsyth G, Logan NA. Virgibacillus: a new genus to accommodate Bacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950). Emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:99-106.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 48, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1998; 48:629.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus pantothenticus Proom and Knight 1950 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Heyndrickx et al. 1999 Heyndrickx M, Lebbe L, Kersters K, Hoste B, De Wachter R, De Vos P, Forsyth G, Logan NA. Proposal of Virgibacillus proomii sp. nov. and emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1083-1090. Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 49, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1327-1328.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998. Publication: Heyndrickx M, Lebbe L, Kersters K, De Vos P, Forsyth G, Logan NA. Virgibacillus: a new genus to accommodate Bacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950). Emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:99-106.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 14 times 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 risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The transfer of Bacillus pantothenticus Proom and Knight 1950 (Approved Lists 1980) to the genus Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998, as Virgibacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950) Heyndrickx et al. 1998 is supported by the data provided by Wainø et al. 1999. Publication: Waino M, Tindall BJ, Schumann P, Ingvorsen K. Gracilibacillus gen. nov., with description of Gracilibacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov.; transfer of Bacillus dipsosauri to Gracilibacillus dipsosauri comb. nov., and Bacillus salexigens to the genus Salibacillus gen. nov., as Salibacillus salexigens comb. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:821-831.

Parent taxon: Virgibacillus Heyndrickx et al. 1998

Assigned by: Heyndrickx M, Lebbe L, Kersters K, De Vos P, Forsyth G, Logan NA. Virgibacillus: a new genus to accommodate Bacillus pantothenticus (Proom and Knight 1950). Emended description of Virgibacillus pantothenticus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1998; 48:99-106.

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Record number: 783048