Species ***Bacillus* *smithii***

Name: Bacillus smithii Nakamura et al. 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: smi’thi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. smithii, of Smith, named after Nathan R. Smith, American bacteriologist and Bacillus taxonomist

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … SMI-t^hi-i, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 27413; CIP 103790; DSM 4216; IFO 15311; JCM 9076; LMG 12526; NBRC 15311; NRRL NRS-173; NRS 173

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z26935 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nakamura LK, Blumenstock I, Claus D. Taxonomic study of Bacillus coagulans Hammer 1915 with a proposal for Bacillus smithii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:63-73. 🇺🇸

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.08026 (N = 81).
- 😷 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 44 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Bacillus coagulans Hammer 1915 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hammer BW. Bacteriological studies on the coagulation of evaporated milk. Iowa Agricultural Experimental Station Research Bulletin 1915; 19:119-131. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.
- 🫡 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. This name is not taxonomically suspended any more in favour of Bacillus coagulans Hammer 1915 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Hammer BW. Bacteriological studies on the coagulation of evaporated milk. Iowa Agricultural Experimental Station Research Bulletin 1915; 19:119-131. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nakamura LK, Blumenstock I, Claus D. Taxonomic study of Bacillus coagulans Hammer 1915 with a proposal for Bacillus smithii sp. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1988; 38:63-73. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 773836

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Species Bacillus smithii

Species ***Bacillus* *smithii***