Name: Effusibacillus pohliae (Imperio et al. 2008) Watanabe et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Alicyclobacillus pohliae Imperio et al. 2008

Etymology: poh’li.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. pohliae, of Pohlia, a genus of moss colonizing the area where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ef-fu-si-ba-KIL-lus POH-li-a͡e, masculine

Type strain: CIP 109385; DSM 22757; MP4; NCIMB 14276

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ564766 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Proposal of Effusibacillus lacus gen. nov., sp. nov., and reclassification of Alicyclobacillus pohliae as Effusibacillus pohliae comb. nov. and Alicyclobacillus consociatus as Effusibacillus consociatus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2770-2774. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:3607-3609.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alicyclobacillus pohliae Imperio et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.08258 (N = 5).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683. 🇺🇸

Parent taxon: Effusibacillus Watanabe et al. 2014

Assigned by: Watanabe M, Kojima H, Fukui M. Proposal of Effusibacillus lacus gen. nov., sp. nov., and reclassification of Alicyclobacillus pohliae as Effusibacillus pohliae comb. nov. and Alicyclobacillus consociatus as Effusibacillus consociatus comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2770-2774. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 792029