Name: Ornithinibacillus contaminans Kämpfer et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: con.ta’mi.nans. L. part. adj. contaminans, contaminating, polluting, referring to the isolation of the type strain as a contaminant of a human blood sample

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCUG 53201; DSM 22953

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KF425516 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kampfer P, Falsen E, Lodders N, Langer S, Busse HJ, Schumann P. Ornithinibacillus contaminans sp. nov., an endospore-forming species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2930-2934.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08968 (N = 77).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ornithinibacillus Mayr et al. 2006

Assigned by: Kampfer P, Falsen E, Lodders N, Langer S, Busse HJ, Schumann P. Ornithinibacillus contaminans sp. nov., an endospore-forming species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:2930-2934.

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Record number: 788962