
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.4905
Name	Bacillus formosus (ex Porter 1940) Shida et al. 1995
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	(ex Porter 1940) Shida et al. 1995
Preferred Name	Brevibacillus formosus
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.4905
Type Strain representative organism	NRRL NRS-863^T (=JCM 9169 =CIP 104544 =IFO 15716 =DSM 9885)


Proper Form	Bacillus formosus (ex Porter 1940) Shida et al. 1995
Nomenclatural History	The species Bacillus formosus was originally described by Porter 1940. It pre-dated the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names but was excluded from those lists. In 1995 the name was revived and validly published by Shida et al.. In 1996, Shida et al. established Bacillus formosus as the basonym of Brevibacillus formosus (Shida et al. 1995) Shida et al. 1996 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Bacillus formosus (ex Porter 1940) Shida et al. 1995.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.4905.
Source File	10.1601/nm.4905.xml


This information was last reviewed on April 8, 2010.

References

Porter JR. Unknown. Unknown 1940; .
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. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-46-4-939 [PubMed].
Shida O, Takagi H, Kadowaki K, Udaka S, Nakamura LK, Komagata K. Proposal of Bacillus reuszeri sp. nov., Bacillus formosus sp. nov., nom. rev., and Bacillus borstelensis, sp. nov., nom. rev. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:93-100. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-45-1-93.