Species ***Bacillus* *infantis***

Name: Bacillus infantis Ko et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: in.fan’tis. L. gen. masc./fem. n. infantis, of an infant, baby, the putative source of the type strain

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … in-FAN-tis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 19098; JCM 13438; KCCM 90025; SMC 4352-1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: OQ921688 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ko KS, Oh WS, Lee MY, Lee JH, Lee H, Peck KR, Lee NY, Song JH. Bacillus infantis sp. nov. and Bacillus idriensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with neonatal sepsis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2541-2544. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:199-200.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Notes:
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+". — 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 18 times 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 pathogenicity of the species itself.
- 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is a putative human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology (Reading) 2022; 168:0. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ko KS, Oh WS, Lee MY, Lee JH, Lee H, Peck KR, Lee NY, Song JH. Bacillus infantis sp. nov. and Bacillus idriensis sp. nov., isolated from a patient with neonatal sepsis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2541-2544. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 785644

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Species Bacillus infantis

Species ***Bacillus* *infantis***