Name: Psychrobacillus insolitus (Larkin and Stokes 1967) Krishnamurthi et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus insolitus Larkin and Stokes 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: in.so’li.tus. L. masc. adj. insolitus, unaccustomed, unusual

Pronunciation, gender: in-SO-li-tus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 23299; DSM 5; W16B

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16S rRNA gene: X60642 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Krishnamurthi S, Ruckmani A, Pukall R, Chakrabarti T. Psychrobacillus gen. nov. and proposal for reclassification of Bacillus insolitus Larkin & Stokes, 1967, B. psychrotolerans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 and B. psychrodurans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 as Psychrobacillus insolitus comb. nov., Psychrobacillus psychrotolerans comb. nov. and Psychrobacillus psychrodurans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:367-373.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 139. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1011-1013.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus insolitus Larkin and Stokes 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Psychrobacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2011. Publication: Krishnamurthi S, Ruckmani A, Pukall R, Chakrabarti T. Psychrobacillus gen. nov. and proposal for reclassification of Bacillus insolitus Larkin & Stokes, 1967, B. psychrotolerans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 and B. psychrodurans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 as Psychrobacillus insolitus comb. nov., Psychrobacillus psychrotolerans comb. nov. and Psychrobacillus psychrodurans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:367-373.
  • 😷 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 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 3 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.
  • 🧍 In the title of the effective publication, the personal name Abd El-Rahman is erroneously cited asAbd-El Rahman. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Psychrobacillus Krishnamurthi et al. 2011

Assigned by: Krishnamurthi S, Ruckmani A, Pukall R, Chakrabarti T. Psychrobacillus gen. nov. and proposal for reclassification of Bacillus insolitus Larkin & Stokes, 1967, B. psychrotolerans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 and B. psychrodurans Abd-El Rahman et al., 2002 as Psychrobacillus insolitus comb. nov., Psychrobacillus psychrotolerans comb. nov. and Psychrobacillus psychrodurans comb. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2010; 33:367-373.

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