Species Bacillus camelliae

Name: Bacillus camelliae Niu et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ca.mel’li.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. camelliae, of Camellia, referring to the isolation of the type strain from fermented green tea, Camellia sinensis

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 7578-1; CGMCC 1.15374; KCTC 33845

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16S rRNA gene: KT438835 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Niu L, Xiong M, Zhang J, Xiang Y, Song L, Hua Z, Li W. Bacillus camelliae sp. nov., isolated from Pu'er tea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:564-569. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1409-1410.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Heyndrickxia camelliae (Niu et al. 2018) Narsing Rao et al. 2023

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Margalitia camelliae (Niu et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Heyndrickxia camelliae (Niu et al. 2018) Narsing Rao et al. 2023	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus camelliae 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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: Niu L, Xiong M, Zhang J, Xiang Y, Song L, Hua Z, Li W. Bacillus camelliae sp. nov., isolated from Pu'er tea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:564-569. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 797524

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Species Bacillus camelliae