Name: Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis Kevbrin et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … kam-k^hat-KEN-sis, masculine

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

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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 under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 16 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis subsp. asaccharedens Gul-Guven et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Anoxybacillus kamchatkensis subsp. kamchatkensis (Kevbrin et al. 2006) Gul-Guven et al. 2025	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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Record number: 773290