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.aer.o’phi.lus. N.L. masc. adj. thermoaerophilus, loving heat and air

Gender: 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

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 = 10).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 28 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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