Etymology:
Ur.e.i.ba.cil’lus. Chem. fem. n.urea, urea; L. masc. n.bacillus, from Bacillus, a genus of aerobic endospore-forming bacteria; N.L. masc. n.Ureibacillus, a ureolytic aerobic bacillus
Valid publication:
Fortina MG, Pukall R, Schumann P, Mora D, Parini C, Manachini PL, Stackebrandt E. Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:447-455.
IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.
Nomenclatural status:
validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status:
correct name
Risk group:
1
Emendations:
Gupta and Patel 2020
Gupta RS, Patel S. Robust Demarcation of the Family Caryophanaceae (Planococcaceae) and Its Different Genera Including Three Novel Genera Based on Phylogenomics and Highly Specific Molecular Signatures. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2821.
Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090. Notes:
⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 6 new species in the genus.
Notes:
🧕 Fortina et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Planococcaceae Krassilnikov 1949 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Fortina MG, Pukall R, Schumann P, Mora D, Parini C, Manachini PL, Stackebrandt E. Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:447-455.
🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).Publication:
Andersson M, Laukkanen M, Nurmiaho-Lassila EL, Rainey FA, Niemelä SI, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Bacillus thermosphaericus sp. nov. a new thermophilic ureolytic bacillus isolated from air. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:203-220.
🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Urebacillus".
💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Weon et al. (2007). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 12; KCTC: 4; NBRC: 3; CCUG: 3; LMG: 3; CIP: 3; CGMCC: 2; JCM: 2; MCC: 1.
😷 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".
Subdivision:
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 12 Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 12 Total number of child taxa: 17