Name: Geobacillus gargensis Nazina et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gar.gen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. gargensis, of Garga, pertaining to the Garga hot spring located in Eastern Siberia (Russia), from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … gar-GEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 15378; Ga; VKM B-2300

16S rRNA gene: GU459253 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nazina TN, Lebedeva EV, Poltaraus AB, Tourova TP, Grigoryan AA, Sokolova DSh, Lysenko AM, Osipov GA. Geobacillus gargensis sp. nov., a novel thermophile from a hot spring, and the reclassification of Bacillus vulcani as Geobacillus vulcani comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2019-2024. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 54, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:551-554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Geobacillus thermocatenulatus (Golovacheva et al. 1991) Nazina et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus thermocatenulatus Golovacheva et al. 1991	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geobacillus thermocatenulatus (Golovacheva et al. 1991) Nazina et al. 2001	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ⏲ According to Dinsdale et al. (2011), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus thermocatenulatus Golovacheva et al. 1991. Publication: Dinsdale AE, Halket G, Coorevits A, Van Landschoot A, Busse HJ, De Vos P, Logan NA. Emended descriptions of Geobacillus thermoleovorans and Geobacillus thermocatenulatus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1802-1810. 🇧🇪
  • ⏲ According to Dinsdale et al. (2011), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Geobacillus thermocatenulatus (Golovacheva et al. 1991) Nazina et al. 2001. Publication: Dinsdale AE, Halket G, Coorevits A, Van Landschoot A, Busse HJ, De Vos P, Logan NA. Emended descriptions of Geobacillus thermoleovorans and Geobacillus thermocatenulatus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1802-1810. 🇧🇪
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • ❗ Geobacillus gargensis 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 Geobacillus.
  • 😷 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Geobacillus Nazina et al. 2001

Assigned by: Nazina TN, Lebedeva EV, Poltaraus AB, Tourova TP, Grigoryan AA, Sokolova DSh, Lysenko AM, Osipov GA. Geobacillus gargensis sp. nov., a novel thermophile from a hot spring, and the reclassification of Bacillus vulcani as Geobacillus vulcani comb. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2019-2024. 🇷🇺

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