Species ***Bacillus* *thermoamylovorans***

Name: Bacillus thermoamylovorans Combet-Blanc et al. 1995

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.a.my.lo’vo.rans. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. thermoamylovorans, utilizing starch at high temperature

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … t^her-mo-a-my-LO-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: CNCM I-1378; DKP; LMG 18084

16S rRNA gene: L27478 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Combet-Blanc Y, Ollivier B, Streicher C, Patel BK, Dwivedi PP, Pot B, Prensier G, Garcia JL. Bacillus thermoamylovorans sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic and amylolytic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:9-16. 🇫🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 45, part 1 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Caldibacillus thermoamylovorans" (Combet-Blanc et al. 1995) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Emendations:
- Coorevits et al. 2011 Coorevits A, Logan NA, Dinsdale AE, Halket G, Scheldeman P, Heyndrickx M, Schumann P, Van Landschoot A, De Vos P. Bacillus thermolactis sp. nov., isolated from dairy farms, and emended description of Bacillus thermoamylovorans. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1954-1961. 🇧🇪 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2566-2567.

Notes:
- 😷 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 55 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
- 🧍 According to D. Fritze (cited in N.A. Logan), the strain CNCM I-1378 is a patent strain and it is unavailable. Publication: Logan NA. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the genus Bacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meeting, 30 July 2002, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2005; 55:977-979. 🇬🇧

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Combet-Blanc Y, Ollivier B, Streicher C, Patel BK, Dwivedi PP, Pot B, Prensier G, Garcia JL. Bacillus thermoamylovorans sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic and amylolytic bacterium. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:9-16. 🇫🇷

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Species Bacillus thermoamylovorans

Species ***Bacillus* *thermoamylovorans***