Name: Aneurinibacillus migulanus (Takagi et al. 1993) Shida et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus migulanus Takagi et al. 1993

Etymology: mi.gu.la’nus. N.L. masc. adj. migulanus, pertaining to Migula, referring to the German bacteriologist W. Migula, who contributed to bacterial taxonomy

Pronunciation, gender: mi-gu-LA-nus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 9999; B 270; CIP 103841; DSM 2895; IFO 15520; JCM 8504; LMG 15427; NBRC 15520; NCTC 7096; NRRL NRS-1137

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB112723 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Komagata K. Proposal for two new genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:939-946. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 4 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:243-244.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus migulanus Takagi et al. 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Heyndrickx et al. 1997 Heyndrickx M, Lebbe L, Vancanneyt M, Kersters K, De Vos P, Logan NA, Forsyth G, Nazli S, Ali N, Berkeley RCW. A polyphasic reassessment of the genus Aneurinibacillus, reclassification of Bacillus thermoaerophilus (Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996) as Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus comb. nov., and emended descriptions of A. aneurinilyticus corrig., and A. migulanus, and A. thermoaerophilus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:808-817. 🇧🇪 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.
    Notes:
    • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the associated publication is not functional any more.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.26814 (N = 12).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 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 27 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.

Parent taxon: Aneurinibacillus Shida et al. 1996

Assigned by: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Komagata K. Proposal for two new genera, Brevibacillus gen. nov. and Aneurinibacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:939-946. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 773275