Subspecies "Bacillus cereus subsp. mycoides"

Name: "Bacillus cereus subsp. mycoides" (Flügge 1886) Smith et al. 1946

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus mycoides Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: my.co.i’des. Gr. masc. n. mykês (gen. mykêtos), mushroom or other fungus; L. adj. suff. -oides, ressembling, similar; from Gr. neut. adj. suff. -eides, resembling, similar; from Gr. neut. n. eîdos, that which is seen, form, shape, figure; N.L. masc. adj. mycoides, fungus-like

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … my-ko-I-des, masculine

Nomenclatural type: ATCC 6462; CCUG 26678; CIP 103472; DSM 2048; HAMBI 1827; LMG 7128; NBIMCC 3484; NBRC 101228; NCTC 12974; NRRL B-14799; NRRL B-14811; NRRL NRS-273

16S rRNA gene: AB021192 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Smith NR, Gordon RE, Clark FE. Aerobic Mesophilic Spore-Forming Bacteria. Miscellaneous Publication 559. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C, 1946.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Bacillus mycoides Flügge 1886 (Approved Lists 1980)

Parent taxon: Bacillus cereus Frankland and Frankland 1887 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Smith NR, Gordon RE, Clark FE. Aerobic Mesophilic Spore-Forming Bacteria. Miscellaneous Publication 559. United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C, 1946.

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Record number: 68879
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