Species Geobacillus subterraneus

Name: Geobacillus subterraneus Nazina et al. 2001

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.us. L. masc. adj. subterraneus, subterranean, below the Earth's surface

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ge-o-ba-KIL-lus sub-ter-RA-ne-us, masculine

Type strain: 34; AS 12673; DSM 13552; VKM B-2226

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF276306 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nazina TN, Tourova TP, Poltaraus AB, Novikova EV, Grigoryan AA, Ivanova AE, Lysenko AM, Petrunyaka VV, Osipov GA, Belyaev SS, et al. Taxonomic study of aerobic thermophilic bacilli: descriptions of Geobacillus subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Geobacillus uzenensis sp. nov. from petroleum reservoirs and transfer of Bacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus thermocatenulatus, Bacillus thermoleovorans, Bacillus kaustophilus, Bacillus thermodenitrificans to Geobacillus as the new combinations G. stearothermophilus, G. th. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:433-446. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Poli et al. 2012 Poli A, Guven K, Romano I, Pirinccioglu H, Guven RG, Euzeby JP, Matpan F, Acer O, Orlando P, Nicolaus B. Geobacillus subterraneus subsp. aromaticivorans subsp. nov., a novel thermophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Sirnak, Turkey. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012; 58:437-446. 🇮🇹 Euzeby JP. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 18. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2371-2372.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 Year of emendation is wrongly cited as 2013 (sic!). — Leibniz Institute DSMZ. Prokaryotic Nomenclature Up-to-date, 2018-12-11.

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: CIP 110341; DSM 23066.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 18 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Geobacillus subterraneus subsp. aromaticivorans Poli et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Geobacillus subterraneus subsp. subterraneus (Nazina et al. 2001) Poli et al. 2013	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Geobacillus Nazina et al. 2001

Assigned by: Nazina TN, Tourova TP, Poltaraus AB, Novikova EV, Grigoryan AA, Ivanova AE, Lysenko AM, Petrunyaka VV, Osipov GA, Belyaev SS, et al. Taxonomic study of aerobic thermophilic bacilli: descriptions of Geobacillus subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Geobacillus uzenensis sp. nov. from petroleum reservoirs and transfer of Bacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus thermocatenulatus, Bacillus thermoleovorans, Bacillus kaustophilus, Bacillus thermodenitrificans to Geobacillus as the new combinations G. stearothermophilus, G. th. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:433-446. 🇷🇺

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