Name: Anoxybacillus contaminans De Clerck et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.ta’mi.nans. L. masc. part. adj. contaminans, contaminating

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 15866; LMG 21881

16S rRNA gene: AJ551330 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: De Clerck E, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Vanhoutte T, Heyrman J, Logan NA, De Vos P. Anoxybacillus contaminans sp. nov. and Bacillus gelatini sp. nov., isolated from contaminated gelatin batches. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:941-946.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1427-1428.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Anoxybacteroides contaminans (De Clerck et al. 2004) Patel et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anoxybacteroides contaminans (De Clerck et al. 2004) Patel et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Anoxybacillus contaminans 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 Anoxybacillus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Anoxybacillus Pikuta et al. 2000

Assigned by: De Clerck E, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Vanhoutte T, Heyrman J, Logan NA, De Vos P. Anoxybacillus contaminans sp. nov. and Bacillus gelatini sp. nov., isolated from contaminated gelatin batches. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:941-946.

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Record number: 773288