Species Bacillus gottheilii

Name: Bacillus gottheilii Seiler et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gott.hei’li.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. gottheilii, of Gottheil, named after Otto Gottheil who together with Arthur Meyer originally described the species Bacillus pumilus and Bacillus simplex

Pronunciation, gender: … gott-HE͡I-li-i, masculine

Type strain: CCUG 59876; DSM 23668; LMG 25856; WCC 4585

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FN995266 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Seiler H, Wenning M, Schmidt V, Scherer S. Bacillus gottheilii sp. nov., isolated from a pharmaceutical manufacturing site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:867-872. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Cytobacillus gottheilii (Seiler et al. 2013) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Cytobacillus gottheilii (Seiler et al. 2013) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus gottheilii 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 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 9 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: Seiler H, Wenning M, Schmidt V, Scherer S. Bacillus gottheilii sp. nov., isolated from a pharmaceutical manufacturing site. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:867-872. 🇩🇪

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Record number: 790559

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Species Bacillus gottheilii