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In addition to these three historical species designations, are three less-recognized and -understood species:\n            <jats:italic>B. mycoides<\/jats:italic>\n            ,\n            <jats:italic>B. weihenstephanensis<\/jats:italic>\n            , and\n            <jats:italic>B. pseudomycoides<\/jats:italic>\n            . All of these \u201cspecies\u201d combined comprise the\n            <jats:italic>Bacillus cereus sensu lato<\/jats:italic>\n            group. Despite these apparently clear phenotypic definitions, early molecular approaches to separate the first three by various DNA hybridization and 16S\/23S ribosomal sequence analyses led to some \u201cconfusion\u201d because there were limited differences to differentiate between these species. These and other results have led to frequent suggestions that a taxonomic change was warranted to reclassify this group to a single species. 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