Name: Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus (Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996) Heyndrickx et al. 1997

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus thermoaerophilus Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996

Etymology: ther.mo.ae.ro’phi.lus. N.L. masc. adj. thermoaerophilus, loving heat and air

Pronunciation, gender: t^her-mo-a͡e-RO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700303; CIP 104816; CIP 105494; DSM 10154; L420-91; LMG 17165

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB112726 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Heyndrickx M, Lebbe L, Vancanneyt M, Kersters K, De Vos P, Logan NA, Forsyth G, Nazli S, Ali N, Berkeley RCW. A polyphasic reassessment of the genus Aneurinibacillus, reclassification of Bacillus thermoaerophilus (Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996) as Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus comb. nov., and emended descriptions of A. aneurinilyticus corrig., and A. migulanus, and A. thermoaerophilus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:808-817.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 47, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:1275-1276.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus thermoaerophilus Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.16559 (N = 12).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - 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 29 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Aneurinibacillus Shida et al. 1996

Assigned by: Heyndrickx M, Lebbe L, Vancanneyt M, Kersters K, De Vos P, Logan NA, Forsyth G, Nazli S, Ali N, Berkeley RCW. A polyphasic reassessment of the genus Aneurinibacillus, reclassification of Bacillus thermoaerophilus (Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996) as Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus comb. nov., and emended descriptions of A. aneurinilyticus corrig., and A. migulanus, and A. thermoaerophilus. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:808-817.

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Record number: 773276