Name: Geobacillus thermoglucosidans corrig. (Suzuki 1984) Nazina et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus thermoglucosidasius Suzuki 1984

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43742; BGSC 95A1; CCUG 28887; CIP 106930; DSM 2542; KP 1006; LMG 7137; NBRC 107763; NCIB 11955; NCIMB 11955; NRRL B-14516; R-35637

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021197 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. 🇷🇺

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, inappropriate correction

Taxonomic status: misspelling (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius (Suzuki 1984) Nazina et al. 2001

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius" (Suzuki 1984) Aliyu et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius (Suzuki 1984) Aliyu et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geobacillus thermoglucosidasius (Suzuki 1984) Nazina et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus thermoglucosidasius Suzuki 1984	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Emendations:
  • Coorevits et al. 2012 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. 🇧🇪
    Notes:
    • 🧍 Illegitimate according to Rule 61, which is conflict with the correction of the specific epithet in the emended description by Coorevits et al. 2012.

• Notes:
  • 📧 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 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 27 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 Inappropriate spelling correction according to Rule 61, which is conflict with the correction of the specific epithet in the emended description by Coorevits et al. 2012. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Christensen H, Goker M, Manaia CM, Moore ERB. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2025 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2026; 76:6979. 🇮🇱

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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