Species ***Bacillus* *altitudinis***

Name: Bacillus altitudinis Shivaji et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ti.tu’di.nis. L. fem. n. altitudo, altitude; L. gen. fem. n. altitudinis, of altitude

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus al-ti-TU-di-nis, masculine

Type strain: 41KF2b; DSM 21631; JCM 13350; MTCC 7306

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ831842 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Shivaji S, Chaturvedi P, Suresh K, Reddy GS, Dutt CB, Wainwright M, Narlikar JV, Bhargava PM. Bacillus aerius sp. nov., Bacillus aerophilus sp. nov., Bacillus stratosphericus sp. nov. and Bacillus altitudinis sp. nov., isolated from cryogenic tubes used for collecting air samples from high altitudes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1465-1473. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2251-2252.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bacillus invictae Branquinho et al. 2014	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Liu et al. 2016 Liu Y, Lai Q, Shao Z. Identification of "Bacillus cellulasensis" strain NIO-1130^T as a member of Bacillus altitudinis and emendation of the latter. Arch Microbiol 2016; 198:835-838. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 28. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2137-2138.

Notes:
- ⏰ According to Liu et al. (2015), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus invictae Branquinho et al. 2014. Publication: Liu Y, Lai Q, Du J, Shao Z. Reclassification of Bacillus invictae as a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus altitudinis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2769-2773. 🇨🇳
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06538 (N = 95).
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 256 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Shivaji S, Chaturvedi P, Suresh K, Reddy GS, Dutt CB, Wainwright M, Narlikar JV, Bhargava PM. Bacillus aerius sp. nov., Bacillus aerophilus sp. nov., Bacillus stratosphericus sp. nov. and Bacillus altitudinis sp. nov., isolated from cryogenic tubes used for collecting air samples from high altitudes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1465-1473. 🇮🇳

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Species Bacillus altitudinis

Species ***Bacillus* *altitudinis***