Name: Parageobacillus galactosidasius (Poli et al. 2012) Najar et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geobacillus galactosidasius Poli et al. 2012

Etymology: ga.lac.to.si.da.si.us. N.L. masc. adj. galactosidasius, pertaining to galactosidase because this microorganism has good galactosidase activity

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1450; CF1B; DSM 18751

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AM408559 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Najar IN, Das S, Thakur N. Reclassification of Geobacillus galactosidasius and Geobacillus yumthangensis as Parageobacillus galactosidasius comb. nov. and Parageobacillus yumthangensis comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6518-6523.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4656.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Geobacillus galactosidasius Poli et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Parageobacillus Aliyu et al. 2019

Assigned by: Najar IN, Das S, Thakur N. Reclassification of Geobacillus galactosidasius and Geobacillus yumthangensis as Parageobacillus galactosidasius comb. nov. and Parageobacillus yumthangensis comb. nov., respectively. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6518-6523.

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Record number: 14647