Species Bacillus thermoaerophilus

Name: Bacillus thermoaerophilus Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.aer.o’phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. masc. n. aêr, air; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermoaerophilus, loving heat and air, i.e., thermophilic and strictly aerobic

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700303; CIP 104816; CIP 105494; DSM 10154; L420-91; LMG 17165

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16S rRNA gene: AB112726 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Meier-Stauffer K, Busse HJ, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Scheberl A, Hollaus F, Kuen B, Makristathis A, Sleytr UB, Messner P. Description of Bacillus thermoaerophilus sp. nov., to include sugar beet isolates and Bacillus brevis ATCC 12990. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:532-541.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus (Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996) Heyndrickx et al. 1997

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Aneurinibacillus thermoaerophilus (Meier-Stauffer et al. 1996) Heyndrickx et al. 1997	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- ❗ Bacillus thermoaerophilus 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
- 🪓 Organisms assigned to this species have previously been classified as Bacillus brevis Migula 1900 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Migula W. System der Bakterien, Vol. 2. Gustav Fischer, Jena, 1900. Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Meier-Stauffer K, Busse HJ, Rainey FA, Burghardt J, Scheberl A, Hollaus F, Kuen B, Makristathis A, Sleytr UB, Messner P. Description of Bacillus thermoaerophilus sp. nov., to include sugar beet isolates and Bacillus brevis ATCC 12990. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:532-541.

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Species Bacillus thermoaerophilus