Species Bacillus sporothermodurans

Name: Bacillus sporothermodurans Pettersson et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: spo.ro.ther.mo.du’rans. Gr. fem. n. spora, seed, spore; Gr. masc. adj. thermos, warm, hot; L. pres. part. durans, resisting; N.L. masc. part. adj. sporothermodurans, with heat-resisting spores

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 104910; DSM 10599; LMG 17668; M215; MB 581

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: U49078 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Pettersson B, Lembke F, Hammer P, Stackebrandt E, Priest FG. Bacillus sporothermodurans, a new species producing highly heat-resistant endospores. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:759-764.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 3 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:1191.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Heyndrickxia sporothermodurans (Pettersson et al. 1996) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Heyndrickxia sporothermodurans (Pettersson et al. 1996) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Heyndrickx et al. 2012 Heyndrickx M, Coorevits A, Scheldeman P, Lebbe L, Schumann P, Rodriguez-Diaz M, Forsyth G, Dinsdale A, Heyrman J, Logan NA, et al. Emended descriptions of Bacillus sporothermodurans and Bacillus oleronius with the inclusion of dairy farm isolates of both species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:307-314. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1020.

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus sporothermodurans 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 Bacillus.
- 😷 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 56 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Pettersson B, Lembke F, Hammer P, Stackebrandt E, Priest FG. Bacillus sporothermodurans, a new species producing highly heat-resistant endospores. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:759-764.

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Species Bacillus sporothermodurans