“…In the last few years, the taxonomy of the Bcc has evolved significantly, with the description of novel species (Yabuuchi et al, 2000;Coenye et al, 2001;Vandamme et al, 2002;Vermis et al, 2002Vermis et al, , 2004LiPuma, 2005;Vanlaere et al, 2008Vanlaere et al, , 2009Peeters et al, 2013;Smet et al, 2015). Multicenter studies conducted up to 2009 revealed the existence of several clusters of isolates that do not group with the Bcc species described at the time.…”