Name: Alicyclobacillus pohliae Imperio et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: poh’li.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. pohliae, of Pohlia, a genus of moss colonizing the area where the type strain was isolated

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 109385; DSM 22757; MP4; NCIMB 14276

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ564766 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Imperio T, Viti C, Marri L. Alicyclobacillus pohliae sp. nov., a thermophilic, endospore-forming bacterium isolated from geothermal soil of the north-west slope of Mount Melbourne (Antarctica). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:221-225.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:747-748.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Effusibacillus pohliae (Imperio et al. 2008) Watanabe et al. 2014

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Effusibacillus pohliae (Imperio et al. 2008) Watanabe et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Alicyclobacillus pohliae is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Alicyclobacillus.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992

Assigned by: Imperio T, Viti C, Marri L. Alicyclobacillus pohliae sp. nov., a thermophilic, endospore-forming bacterium isolated from geothermal soil of the north-west slope of Mount Melbourne (Antarctica). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:221-225.

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Record number: 787109