Species Bacillus gelatini

Name: Bacillus gelatini De Clerck et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ge.la.ti’ni. N.L. gen. neut. n. gelatini, from gelatin

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ge-la-TI-ni, masculine

Type strain: DSM 15865; LMG 21880

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16S rRNA gene: AJ551329 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 (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Fictibacillus gelatini (De Clerck et al. 2004) Glaeser et al. 2013

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Fictibacillus gelatini (De Clerck et al. 2004) Glaeser et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus gelatini 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 6 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: 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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Species Bacillus gelatini