Species Bacillus aquimaris

Name: Bacillus aquimaris Yoon et al. 2003

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.qui.ma’ris. L. fem. n. aqua, water; L. gen. neut. n. maris, of the sea; N.L. gen. neut. n. aquimaris, of the water of the sea

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16205; JCM 11545; KCCM 41589; TF-12

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF483625 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yoon JH, Kim IG, Kang KH, Oh TK, Park YH. Bacillus marisflavi sp. nov. and Bacillus aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1297-1303.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Rossellomorea aquimaris (Yoon et al. 2003) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Rossellomorea aquimaris (Yoon et al. 2003) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus aquimaris 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 Bacillus.
- 😷 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 46 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yoon JH, Kim IG, Kang KH, Oh TK, Park YH. Bacillus marisflavi sp. nov. and Bacillus aquimaris sp. nov., isolated from sea water of a tidal flat of the Yellow Sea in Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1297-1303.

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Record number: 773638

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Species Bacillus aquimaris