Name: Amphibacillus fermentum Zhilina et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: fer.men’tum. L. neut. n. fermentum, that which causes fermentation, ferment (nominative in apposition)

Pronunciation, gender: fer-MEN-tum, masculine

Type strain: DSM 13869; UNIQEM 216; Z-7984

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF418603 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zhilina TN, Garnova ES, Turova TP, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. [Amphibacillus fermentum sp. nov., Amphibacillus tropicus sp. nov.--new alkaliphilic, facultatively anaerobic, saccharolytic Bacilli from Lake Magadi]. Mikrobiologiia 2001; 70:825-837.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Pelagirhabdus fermentum (Zhilina et al. 2002) Sultanpuram et al. 2016

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Pelagirhabdus fermentum (Zhilina et al. 2002) Sultanpuram et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Amphibacillus fermentum 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 Amphibacillus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In Validation List no. 85, the acronym of the Unique and Extremophilic Microorganisms (Collection of Unique Microbial Cultures, Russian Academy of Sciences) is cited as Uniqem. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 85. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:685-690.
  • 🧍 According to the Validation List 85, IJSEM (2002), 52, 685–690, the UNIQEM collection number of the type strain is Uniqem 210. This, however, is the type strain of Thermovenabulum ferriorganovorum Zavarzina et al. 2002. The correct number is Uniqem 216 (A. Mulyukin, Curator of UNIQEM collection, pers. comm. Nov 2016). Publication: Zavarzina DG, Tourova TP, Kuznetsov BB, Bonch-Osmolovskaya EA, Slobodkin AI. Thermovenabulum ferriorganovorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermophilic, anaerobic, endospore-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1737-1743.

Parent taxon: Amphibacillus Niimura et al. 1990

Assigned by: Zhilina TN, Garnova ES, Turova TP, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. [Amphibacillus fermentum sp. nov., Amphibacillus tropicus sp. nov.--new alkaliphilic, facultatively anaerobic, saccharolytic Bacilli from Lake Magadi]. Mikrobiologiia 2001; 70:825-837.

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