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. masc. part. adj. tepidamans, lowing warm (conditions)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ge-o-ba-KIL-lus te-PID-a-mans, masculine

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

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: Anoxybacteroides tepidamans (Schäffer et al. 2004) Patel et al. 2024

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Anoxybacteroides tepidamans (Schäffer et al. 2004) Patel et al. 2024	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    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 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 8 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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