Name: Geobacillus toebii Sung et al. 2002

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: toe’bi.i. N.L. gen. neut. n. toebii, of toebi, a special farmland compost in Korea, from which the organism was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ge-o-ba-KIL-lus TO͡E-bi-i, masculine

Type strain: BK-1; DSM 14590; KCTC 0306BP; LMG 23037; NBRC 107807; R-35642; SK-1

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16S rRNA gene: AF326278 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sung MH, Kim H, Bae JW, Rhee SK, Jeon CO, Kim K, Kim JJ, Hong SP, Lee SG, Yoon JH, et al. Geobacillus toebii sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium isolated from hay compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2251-2255. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:375-376.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Parageobacillus toebii (Sung et al. 2002) Aliyu et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Parageobacillus toebii" (Sung et al. 2002) Aliyu et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Parageobacillus toebii (Sung et al. 2002) Aliyu et al. 2019	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. 🇧🇪 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.

• Notes:
  • ❗ Geobacillus toebii 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 29 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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 toebii subsp. decanicus" Poli et al. 2006	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Geobacillus Nazina et al. 2001

Assigned by: Sung MH, Kim H, Bae JW, Rhee SK, Jeon CO, Kim K, Kim JJ, Hong SP, Lee SG, Yoon JH, et al. Geobacillus toebii sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium isolated from hay compost. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:2251-2255. 🇰🇷

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