Species Bacillus thermoleovorans

Name: Bacillus thermoleovorans Zarilla and Perry 1988

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: therm.o.le.o’vo.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. neut. n. oleum, oil; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. thermoleovorans, indicating heat-requiring bacteria capable of utilizing oil (hydrocarbons)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … t^herm-o-le-O-wo-rans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43513; BGSC 96A1; BGSG 96A1; DSM 5366; LEH-1; LMG 9823

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16S rRNA gene: Z26923 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Zarilla K, Perry JJ. Bacillus thermoleovorans, sp. nov., a species of obligately thermophilic hydrocarbon utilizing endospore-forming bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 9:258-264.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 25. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1988; 38:220-222.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Geobacillus thermoleovorans (Zarilla and Perry 1988) Nazina et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Geobacillus thermoleovorans (Zarilla and Perry 1988) Nazina et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus thermoleovorans 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 = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — 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 21 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zarilla K, Perry JJ. Bacillus thermoleovorans, sp. nov., a species of obligately thermophilic hydrocarbon utilizing endospore-forming bacteria. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1987; 9:258-264.

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Species Bacillus thermoleovorans