Name: Anoxybacillus thermarum Poli et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.ma’rum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. thermarum, of warm springs

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AF/04; ATCC BAA-1156; DSM 17141

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JF292514 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Poli A, Romano I, Cordella P, Orlando P, Nicolaus B, Ceschi Berrini C. Anoxybacillus thermarum sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium isolated from thermal mud in Euganean hot springs, Abano Terme, Italy. Extremophiles 2009; 13:867-874.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 141. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2025-2026.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08059 (N = 92).
  • 😷 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 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication the type strain ATCC-BAA 1156 is erroneously cited as ATCC BAA 1156 (i.e. without dash). 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.

Parent taxon: Anoxybacillus Pikuta et al. 2000

Assigned by: Poli A, Romano I, Cordella P, Orlando P, Nicolaus B, Ceschi Berrini C. Anoxybacillus thermarum sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium isolated from thermal mud in Euganean hot springs, Abano Terme, Italy. Extremophiles 2009; 13:867-874.

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