Species ***Lysinibacillus* *contaminans***

Name: Lysinibacillus contaminans Kämpfer et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.ta’mi.nans. L. masc. part. adj. contaminans, contaminating, polluting, isolated as a contaminant from an agar plate

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ly-si-ni-ba-KIL-lus kon-TA-mi-nans, masculine

Type strain: CCM 8383; CIP 110362; DSM 25560; FSt3A

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC254732 Analyse 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. 🇩🇪

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)

Risk group: 2

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 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 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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Species Lysinibacillus contaminans

Species ***Lysinibacillus* *contaminans***