Name: Anoxybacillus vitaminiphilus Zhang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: vi.ta.mi.ni’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. vitaminum, vitamin; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. vitaminiphilus, vitamin-loving, referring to the vitamin requirements

Pronunciation, gender: wi-ta-mi-NI-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: 3nP4; CGMCC 1.8979; JCM 16594

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ474084 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang XQ, Zhang ZL, Wu N, Zhu XF, Wu M. Anoxybacillus vitaminiphilus sp. nov., a strictly aerobic and moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4064-4071.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:313-315.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Paranoxybacillus vitaminiphilus (Zhang et al. 2013) Patel et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Paranoxybacillus vitaminiphilus (Zhang et al. 2013) Patel et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Anoxybacillus vitaminiphilus 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Anoxybacillus Pikuta et al. 2000

Assigned by: Zhang XQ, Zhang ZL, Wu N, Zhu XF, Wu M. Anoxybacillus vitaminiphilus sp. nov., a strictly aerobic and moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:4064-4071.

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Record number: 791277