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Taxonomic identity of the Bacillus licheniformis strains used to produce food enzymes evaluated in published EFSA opinions

Authors list: EFSA CEP Panel; Barat Baviera, José Manuel; Bolognesi, Claudia; Chesson, Andrew; Cocconcelli, Pier Sandro; Crebelli, Riccardo; Gott, David Michael; Grob, Konrad; Lambré, Claude; Lampi, Evgenia; Mengelers, Marcel; Mortensen, Alicja; Rivière, Gilles; Steffensen, Inger-Lise; Tlustos, Christina; Van Loveren, Henk; Vernis, Laurence; Zorn, Holger; Herman, Lieve; Aguilera, Jaime; Gomes, Ana; Lunardi, Simone; Liu, Yi; Marini, Eleonora; Peluso, Silvia

Publication year: 2024

Journal: EFSA Journal

Volume number: 22

Issue number: 5

eISSN: 1831-4732

DOI Link: https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8770

Publisher: Wiley

Abstract:
Bacillus paralicheniformis, a species known to produce the antimicrobial bacitracin, could be misidentified as Bacillus licheniformis, depending on the identification method used. For this reason, the European Commission requested EFSA to review the taxonomic identification of formerly assessed B. licheniformis production strains. Following this request, EFSA retrieved the raw data from 27 technical dossiers submitted and found that the taxonomic identification was established by 16S rRNA gene analyses for 15 strains and by whole genome sequence analysis for 12 strains. As a conclusion, only these 12 strains could be unambiguously identified as B. licheniformis.

Authors/Editors

- Uni.-Prof. Dr. Holger Zorn

Citation Styles

Harvard Citation style: EFSA CEP Panel, Barat Baviera, J., Bolognesi, C., Chesson, A., Cocconcelli, P., Crebelli, R., et al. (2024) Taxonomic identity of the Bacillus licheniformis strains used to produce food enzymes evaluated in published EFSA opinions, EFSA Journal, 22(5), Article e8770. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8770

APA Citation style: EFSA CEP Panel, Barat Baviera, J., Bolognesi, C., Chesson, A., Cocconcelli, P., Crebelli, R., Gott, D., Grob, K., Lambré, C., Lampi, E., Mengelers, M., Mortensen, A., Rivière, G., Steffensen, I., Tlustos, C., Van Loveren, H., Vernis, L., Zorn, H., Herman, L., ...Peluso, S. (2024). Taxonomic identity of the Bacillus licheniformis strains used to produce food enzymes evaluated in published EFSA opinions. EFSA Journal. 22(5), Article e8770. https://doi.org/10.2903/j.efsa.2024.8770