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Species Lysinibacillus contaminans
Name: Lysinibacillus contaminans Kämpfer et al. 2013
Etymology: con.ta’mi.nans. L. masc. part. adj. contaminans, contaminating, polluting, isolated as a contaminant from an agar plate
Type strain: CCM 8383; CIP 110362; DSM 25560; FSt3A
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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
KC254732
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FASTA
Valid publication:
Kampfer P, Martin K, Glaeser SP. Lysinibacillus contaminans sp. nov., isolated from surface water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3148-3153. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4371-4373.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)
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Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the species itself.
Parent taxon: Lysinibacillus Ahmed et al. 2007
Assigned by:
Kampfer P, Martin K, Glaeser SP. Lysinibacillus contaminans sp. nov., isolated from surface water. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3148-3153. 🇩🇪
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Record number: 791127
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