Name: Geobacillus thermoleovorans (Zarilla and Perry 1988) Nazina et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus thermoleovorans Zarilla and Perry 1988

Etymology: therm.o.le.o.vo.rans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; L. neut. n. oleum, oil; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. masc. part. adj. thermoleovorans, indicating heat-requiring bacteria capable of utilizing oil (hydrocarbons)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 43513; BGSC 96A1; DSM 5366; LEH-1; LMG 9823

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: Z26923 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 thermoleovorans Zarilla and Perry 1988	homotypic 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.
  • Aliyu et al. 2016 Aliyu H, Lebre P, Blom J, Cowan D, De Maayer P. Phylogenomic re-assessment of the thermophilic genus Geobacillus. Syst Appl Microbiol 2016; 39:527-533.
    Notes:
    • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. The expression "monophyletic clade" is a pleonasm. The phrase "validly described" is misleading. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
    • 🧍 The emendation was incorrectly given as comb. nov.
  • Aliyu et al. 2018 Aliyu H, Lebre P, Blom J, Cowan D, De Maayer P. Corrigendum to "Phylogenomic re-assessment of the thermophilic genus Geobacillus" [Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 39 (2016) 527-533]. Syst Appl Microbiol 2018; 41:529-530.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2020-09-20 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 📧 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. — 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 90 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, this name is not validly published because the effective publication only documents deposit of the type strain in a single recognized culture collection. However, according to the Judicial Opinion 81, Geobacillus thermoleovorans (Zarilla and Perry 1988) Nazina et al. 2001 is to be considered to be validly published. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    "Geobacillus thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis" Romano et al. 2005	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)

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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