Species Bacillus stearothermophilus

Name: Bacillus stearothermophilus Donk 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ste.a.ro.ther.mo’phi.lus. Gr. neut. n. stear, fat; Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. stearothermophilus, (presumably intended to mean) heat- and fat-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 12980; BCRC 11092; BGSC 9A20; CCM 2062; CCRC 11092; CCUG 26241; CIP 66.23; DSM 22; IAM 11062; IFO 12550; JCM 2501; KCTC 1665; KCTC 1752; LMG 6939; NBIMCC 2282; NBRC 12550; NCCB 75019; NCDO 1768; NCFB 1768; NCIB 8923; NCIMB 8923; NCTC 10339; NRRL B-1172; VKM B-510

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16S rRNA gene: AB021196 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Donk PJ. A Highly Resistant Thermophilic Organism. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:373-374.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Donk 1920) Nazina et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Donk 1920) Nazina et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus stearothermophilus 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 2637 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Donk PJ. A Highly Resistant Thermophilic Organism. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:373-374.

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Record number: 773844

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