Name: Alicyclobacillus consociatus Glaeser et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.so.ci.a’tus. L. masc. part. adj. consociatus, associated with, intended to mean that the type strain may have been associated with a human clinical case

Pronunciation, gender: kon-so-ki-A-tus, masculine

Type strain: CCM 8439; CCUG 53762; DSM 28459

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE613268 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Glaeser SP, Falsen E, Martin K, Kampfer P. Alicyclobacillus consociatus sp. nov., isolated from a human clinical specimen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3623-3627.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Effusibacillus consociatus (Glaeser et al. 2013) Watanabe et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Effusibacillus consociatus (Glaeser et al. 2013) Watanabe et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alicyclobacillus consociatus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Alicyclobacillus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of the species itself.

Parent taxon: Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992

Assigned by: Glaeser SP, Falsen E, Martin K, Kampfer P. Alicyclobacillus consociatus sp. nov., isolated from a human clinical specimen. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3623-3627.

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Record number: 791196