Name: Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis Kevbrin et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: kam.chat.ken’sis N.L. masc./fem. adj. kamchatkensis, -originating from Kamchatka penninsula, Far East Russia

Gender: masculine

Type strains: ATCC BAA-549; DSM 14988; JW/VK-KG4

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF510985 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Kevbrin VV, Zengler K, Lysenko AM, Wiegel J. Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic facultative aerobic bacterium with a broad pH optimum from the Geyser valley, Kamchatka. Extremophiles 2005; 9:391-398.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 109. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:925-927.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • The specific epithet kamchatkensis is a "N.L. masc. adj.", not a "L. part. adj." as cited in the paper by Kevbrin et al. 2006.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis subsp. asaccharedens" Gul-Guven et al. 2008	not validly published

Parent taxon: Anoxybacillus Pikuta et al. 2000

Assigned by: Kevbrin VV, Zengler K, Lysenko AM, Wiegel J. Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic facultative aerobic bacterium with a broad pH optimum from the Geyser valley, Kamchatka. Extremophiles 2005; 9:391-398.

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