Name: Geobacillus thermantarcticus (Nicolaus et al. 2002) Coorevits et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus thermoantarcticus Nicolaus et al. 2002

Etymology: therm.ant.arc’ti.cus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. masc. adj. antarcticus, southern, belonging to Antarctica; N.L. masc. adj. thermantarcticus, a thermophile from Antarctica

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BGSC 20A1; DSM 9572; LMG 23032; M1; R-35644

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ493665 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Coorevits A, Dinsdale AE, Halket G, Lebbe L, De Vos P, Van Landschoot A, Logan NA. Taxonomic revision of the genus Geobacillus: emendation of Geobacillus, G. stearothermophilus, G. jurassicus, G. toebii, G. thermodenitrificans and G. thermoglucosidans (nom. corrig., formerly 'thermoglucosidasius'); transfer of Bacillus thermantarcticus to the genus as G. thermantarcticus comb. nov.; proposal of Caldibacillus debilis gen. nov., comb. nov.; transfer of G. tepidamans to Anoxybacillus as A. tepidamans comb. nov.; and proposal of Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1470-1485.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2313-2314.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Parageobacillus thermantarcticus (Nicolaus et al. 2002) Aliyu et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Parageobacillus thermantarcticus (Nicolaus et al. 2002) Aliyu et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus thermantarcticus corrig. Nicolaus et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus thermoantarcticus Nicolaus et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    "Parageobacillus thermantarcticus" (Nicolaus et al. 2002) Aliyu et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published

• Notes:
  • ❗ Geobacillus thermantarcticus 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Geobacillus Nazina et al. 2001

Assigned by: Coorevits A, Dinsdale AE, Halket G, Lebbe L, De Vos P, Van Landschoot A, Logan NA. Taxonomic revision of the genus Geobacillus: emendation of Geobacillus, G. stearothermophilus, G. jurassicus, G. toebii, G. thermodenitrificans and G. thermoglucosidans (nom. corrig., formerly 'thermoglucosidasius'); transfer of Bacillus thermantarcticus to the genus as G. thermantarcticus comb. nov.; proposal of Caldibacillus debilis gen. nov., comb. nov.; transfer of G. tepidamans to Anoxybacillus as A. tepidamans comb. nov.; and proposal of Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:1470-1485.

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