Species Brevibacillus agri

Name: Brevibacillus agri (Nakamura 1993 ex Laubach and Rice 1916) Shida et al. 1996

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus agri (ex Laubach and Rice 1916) Nakamura 1993

Etymology: a’gri. L. gen. masc. n. agri, of a field

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-ba-KIL-lus A-gri, masculine

Type strain: DSM 6348; NRRL NRS-1219

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB112716 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 agri (ex Laubach and Rice 1916) Nakamura 1993	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus galactophilus Takagi et al. 1993	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Shida et al. (1994), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus galactophilus Takagi et al. 1993. Publication: Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Yano H, Abe M, Udaka S, Komagata K. Bacillus aneurinolyticus sp. nov., nom. rev. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1994; 44:143-150.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.21969 (N = 9).
  • 😷 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, note = "PIIC". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 48 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Brevibacillus 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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