Name: Aeribacillus composti Finore et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: com.pos’ti. N.L. gen. neut. n. composti, of compost

Pronunciation, gender: kom-POS-ti, masculine

Type strain: JCM 31580; KCTC 33824; n.8

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: LT594972 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Finore I, Gioiello A, Leone L, Orlando P, Romano I, Nicolaus B, Poli A. Aeribacillus composti sp. nov., a thermophilic bacillus isolated from olive mill pomace compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4830-4835.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.23369 (N = 56).
  • 😷 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.

Parent taxon: Aeribacillus Miñana-Galbis et al. 2010

Assigned by: Finore I, Gioiello A, Leone L, Orlando P, Romano I, Nicolaus B, Poli A. Aeribacillus composti sp. nov., a thermophilic bacillus isolated from olive mill pomace compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4830-4835.

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Record number: 796132