Name: Geobacillus tepidamans Schäffer et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: te.pid.a’mans. L. masc. adj. tepidus, moderately warm, lukewarm; L. pres. part. amans, loving; N.L. part. adj. tepidamans, lowing warm (conditions)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-942; DSM 16325; GS5-97; R-35643

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY563003 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Schaffer C, Franck WL, Scheberl A, Kosma P, McDermott TR, Messner P. Classification of isolates from locations in Austria and Yellowstone National Park as Geobacillus tepidamans sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2361-2368.

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: Anoxybacillus tepidamans (Schäffer et al. 2004) Coorevits et al. 2012

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anoxybacillus tepidamans (Schäffer et al. 2004) Coorevits et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Geobacillus tepidamans 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 8 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Geobacillus Nazina et al. 2001

Assigned by: Schaffer C, Franck WL, Scheberl A, Kosma P, McDermott TR, Messner P. Classification of isolates from locations in Austria and Yellowstone National Park as Geobacillus tepidamans sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:2361-2368.

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Record number: 776452