Name: Anoxybacillus flavithermus Pikuta et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. masc. adj. flavus, yellow; Gr. masc. adj. thermos, warm; N.L. masc. adj. flavithermus, to indicate a yellow thermophilic organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17265; DSM 2641; d.y.; IFO 15317; LMG 18397; NBRC 15317

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z26932 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pikuta E, Lysenko A, Chuvilskaya N, Mendrock U, Hippe H, Suzina N, Nikitin D, Osipov G, Laurinavichius K. Anoxybacillus pushchinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, alkaliphilic, moderately thermophilic bacterium from manure, and description of Anoxybacillus flavitherms comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2109-2117.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 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 89 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 Basonym "Bacillus flavothermus". Publication: Heinen W, Lauwers AM, Mulders JW. Bacillus flavothermus, a newly isolated facultative thermophile. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 1982; 48:265-272.
  • 🧍 Anoxybacillus flavithermus was previously known as "Bacillus flavothermus (sic)" Heinen et al. 1982. — In the paper by Pikuta et al. 2000, this name is cited as Anoxybacillus flavithermus (Heinen et al. 1982) Pikuta et al. 2000, comb. nov. However, the name "Bacillus flavothermus" Heinen et al. 1982 has not been validly published and Anoxybacillus flavithermus is a new species not a new combination. — Subsequently, this species has been divided into subspecies (see: below). Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Anoxybacillus flavithermus subsp. flavithermus (Pikuta et al. 2000) Dai et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Anoxybacillus flavithermus subsp. yunnanensis Dai et al. 2011	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Anoxybacillus Pikuta et al. 2000

Assigned by: Pikuta E, Lysenko A, Chuvilskaya N, Mendrock U, Hippe H, Suzina N, Nikitin D, Osipov G, Laurinavichius K. Anoxybacillus pushchinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, alkaliphilic, moderately thermophilic bacterium from manure, and description of Anoxybacillus flavitherms comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2109-2117.

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