Name: Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus Coorevits et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cal.di.pro.te.o.ly’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. caldus, hot; N.L. masc. adj. proteolyticus, proteolytic; N.L. masc. adj. caldiproteolyticus, hot and protein degrading

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-818; DSM 15730; LMG 26209; R-35652; SF03

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY327448 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Coorevits A, Dinsdale AE, Halket G, Lebbe L, De Vos P, Van Landschoot A, Logan NA. Taxonomic revision of the genus Geobacillus: emendation of Geobacillus, G. stearothermophilus, G. jurassicus, G. toebii, G. thermodenitrificans and G. thermoglucosidans (nom. corrig., formerly 'thermoglucosidasius'); transfer of Bacillus thermantarcticus to the genus as G. thermantarcticus comb. nov.; proposal of Caldibacillus debilis gen. nov., comb. nov.; transfer of G. tepidamans to Anoxybacillus as A. tepidamans comb. nov.; and proposal of Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1470-1485.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Geobacillus caldoproteolyticus" Chen et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 15 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus Coorevits et al. 2012 was previously known as "Geobacillus caldoproteolyticus" Chen et al. 2004. Publication: Chen XG, Stabnikova O, Tay JH, Wang JY, Tay ST. Thermoactive extracellular proteases of Geobacillus caldoproteolyticus, sp. nov., from sewage sludge. Extremophiles 2004; 8:489-498.

Parent taxon: Anoxybacillus Pikuta et al. 2000

Assigned by: Coorevits A, Dinsdale AE, Halket G, Lebbe L, De Vos P, Van Landschoot A, Logan NA. Taxonomic revision of the genus Geobacillus: emendation of Geobacillus, G. stearothermophilus, G. jurassicus, G. toebii, G. thermodenitrificans and G. thermoglucosidans (nom. corrig., formerly 'thermoglucosidasius'); transfer of Bacillus thermantarcticus to the genus as G. thermantarcticus comb. nov.; proposal of Caldibacillus debilis gen. nov., comb. nov.; transfer of G. tepidamans to Anoxybacillus as A. tepidamans comb. nov.; and proposal of Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1470-1485.

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Record number: 789971