Species ***Bacillus* *thermotolerans***

Name: Bacillus thermotolerans Yang et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo.to’le.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. thermotolerans, able to tolerate high temperatures

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2012108; KACC 16706; SgZ-8

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF359551 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Yang G, Zhou X, Zhou S, Yang D, Wang Y, Wang D. Bacillus thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium capable of reducing humus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3672-3678.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:6-7.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Quasibacillus thermotolerans" (Yang et al. 2013) Verma et al. 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.14459 (N = 82).
- 😷 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 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
- 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Yang G, Zhou X, Zhou S, Yang D, Wang Y, Wang D. Bacillus thermotolerans sp. nov., a thermophilic bacterium capable of reducing humus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:3672-3678.

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Record number: 791201

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Species Bacillus thermotolerans

Species ***Bacillus* *thermotolerans***