Name: Parageobacillus thermantarcticus (Nicolaus et al. 2002) Aliyu et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus thermantarcticus corrig. Nicolaus et al. 2002

Etymology: therm.ant.arc’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. arcticus, northern; N.L. masc. adj. thermantarcticus, a thermophile from Antarctica

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BGSC 20A1; DSM 9572; LMG 23032; M1; R-35644

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ493665 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 185. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:5-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Parageobacillus thermantarcticus" (Nicolaus et al. 2002) Aliyu et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Bacillus thermantarcticus corrig. Nicolaus et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus thermoantarcticus Nicolaus et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Geobacillus thermantarcticus (Nicolaus et al. 2002) Coorevits et al. 2012	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Parageobacillus Aliyu et al. 2019

Assigned by: 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.

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Record number: 798340