Species Bacillus marinus

Name: Bacillus marinus (Rüger and Richter 1979) Rüger 1983

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus globisporus subsp. marinus Rüger and Richter 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ma.ri’nus. L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus ma-RI-nus, masculine

Type strain: 581; ATCC 29841; CCUG 28884; CIP 103308; DSM 1297; LMG 6930; NRRL B-14321

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ237708 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rüger HJ. Differentiation of Bacillus globisporus, Bacillus marinus comb. nov., Bacillus aminovorans, and Bacillus insolitus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:157-161.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Jeotgalibacillus marinus (Rüger and Richter 1979) Yoon et al. 2010

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Jeotgalibacillus marinus (Rüger and Richter 1979) Yoon et al. 2010	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Marinibacillus marinus (Rüger and Richter 1979) Yoon et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Bacillus globisporus subsp. marinus Rüger and Richter 1979 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, distinct rank

Emendations:
- Rüger et al. 2000 Ruger HJ, Fritze D, Sproer C. New psychrophilic and psychrotolerant Bacillus marinus strains from tropical and polar deep-sea sediments and emended description of the species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1305-1313. 🇩🇪 Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1419-1420.

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus marinus 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 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 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 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 9 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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: Rüger HJ. Differentiation of Bacillus globisporus, Bacillus marinus comb. nov., Bacillus aminovorans, and Bacillus insolitus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1983; 33:157-161.

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