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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus thermocatenulatus Golovacheva et al. 1991

Etymology: ther.mo.ca.te.nu.la.tus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. masc. adj. catenulatus, chain-like; N.L. masc. adj. thermocatenulatus, thermophilic, chain-like, referring to two of the organism's features

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 178; BGSC 93; BGSC 93A1; DSM 730; LMG 19007; VKM B-1259

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z26926 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus thermocatenulatus Golovacheva et al. 1991	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geobacillus gargensis Nazina et al. 2004	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Dinsdale et al. 2011 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. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2566-2567.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • ⏰ According to Dinsdale et al. (2011), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Geobacillus gargensis Nazina et al. 2004. 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 31 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

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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