Name: Anoxybacillus tepidamans (Schäffer et al. 2004) Coorevits et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geobacillus tepidamans Schäffer et al. 2004

Etymology: te.pid’a.mans. L. masc. adj. tepidus, moderately warm, lukewarm; L. pres. part. amans, loving; N.L. masc. part. adj. tepidamans, loving warm conditions

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … te-PID-a-mans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-942; DSM 16325; GS5-97; R-35643

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY563003 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: synonym

Correct name: Anoxybacteroides tepidamans (Schäffer et al. 2004) Patel et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anoxybacteroides tepidamans (Schäffer et al. 2004) Patel et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geobacillus tepidamans Schäffer et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Anoxybacillus tepidamans is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Anoxybacillus.
  • 😷 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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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