Name: Anoxybacillus pushchinoensis corrig. Pikuta et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: push.chi.no.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. pushchinoensis, pertaining to Pushchino, a research center near Moscow, Russia, where the organism was isolated [probably better: pushchinonensis]

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … pus͡h-k^hi-no-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700785; DSM 12423; K1; VKM B-2193

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ010478 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pikuta E, Lysenko A, Chuvilskaya N, Mendrock U, Hippe H, Suzina N, Nikitin D, Osipov G, Laurinavichius K. Anoxybacillus pushchinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, alkaliphilic, moderately thermophilic bacterium from manure, and description of Anoxybacillus flavitherms comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2109-2117. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anoxybacillus pushchinensis Pikuta et al. 2000	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Emendations:
  • Pikuta et al. 2003 Pikuta E, Cleland D, Tang J. Aerobic growth of Anoxybacillus pushchinoensis K1^T: emended descriptions of A. pushchinoensis and the genus Anoxybacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1561-1562. 🇺🇸 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Anoxybacillus Pikuta et al. 2000. Publication: Pikuta E, Lysenko A, Chuvilskaya N, Mendrock U, Hippe H, Suzina N, Nikitin D, Osipov G, Laurinavichius K. Anoxybacillus pushchinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, alkaliphilic, moderately thermophilic bacterium from manure, and description of Anoxybacillus flavitherms comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2109-2117. 🇺🇸
  • 😷 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 Nom. corrig.: Anoxabacillus pushinensis (sic); IJSEM 51:267. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.
  • 🧍 The original spelling of the specific epithet pushchinensis (sic), has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM. Publication: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:267-268.

Parent taxon: Anoxybacillus Pikuta et al. 2000

Assigned by: Pikuta E, Lysenko A, Chuvilskaya N, Mendrock U, Hippe H, Suzina N, Nikitin D, Osipov G, Laurinavichius K. Anoxybacillus pushchinensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel anaerobic, alkaliphilic, moderately thermophilic bacterium from manure, and description of Anoxybacillus flavitherms comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:2109-2117. 🇺🇸

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