Name: Alicyclobacillus hesperidum Albuquerque et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hes.pe’ri.dum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. hesperidum, of the Hesperides, mythological figures whom the Greeks believed to have lived at the Western edge of the Earth in a miraculous garden, which we interpret as the Azores

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-ky-klo-ba-KIL-lus hes-PE-ri-dum, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17524; CECT 5324; DSM 12489; FR-11

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB059678 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Chung AP, Sunna A, Nobre MF, Grote R, Antranikian G, da Costa MS. Alicyclobacillus hesperidum sp. nov. and a related genomic species from solfataric soils of Sao Miguel in the Azores. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:451-457. 🇵🇹

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 8 times 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

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
    Alicyclobacillus hesperidum subsp. aegles Goto et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alicyclobacillus hesperidum subsp. hesperidum (Albuquerque et al. 2000) Goto et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992

Assigned by: Albuquerque L, Rainey FA, Chung AP, Sunna A, Nobre MF, Grote R, Antranikian G, da Costa MS. Alicyclobacillus hesperidum sp. nov. and a related genomic species from solfataric soils of Sao Miguel in the Azores. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:451-457. 🇵🇹

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