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Species Bacillus spizizenii

Name: Bacillus spizizenii (Nakamura et al. 1999) Dunlap et al. 2020

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii Nakamura et al. 1999

Etymology: spi.zi.ze’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. spizizenii, named after the American bacteriologist J. Spizizen, whose seminal studies of Bacillus subtilis made this species a model organism of bacterial genetics

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus spi-zi-ZE-ni-i, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17366; CIP 106094; DSM 15029; LMG 19156; NBRC 101239; NRRL B-23049; TU-B-10

16S rRNA gene: MN536905 Analysetree FASTA download

Effective publication: Dunlap CA, Bowman MJ, Zeigler DR. Promotion of Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum, Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii and Bacillus subtilis subsp. stercoris to species status. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1-12. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 193. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2960-2966.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.25968 (N = 109).
    • 😷 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 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 42 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Dunlap CA, Bowman MJ, Zeigler DR. Promotion of Bacillus subtilis subsp. inaquosorum, Bacillus subtilis subsp. spizizenii and Bacillus subtilis subsp. stercoris to species status. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2020; 113:1-12. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 7856