Name: Amphibacillus tropicus Zhilina et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tro’pi.cus. L. masc. adj. tropicus, tropical, an organism isolated from a tropical lake

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 13870; UNIQEM 212; Z-7792

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AF418602 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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 9 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 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.

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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