Name: Parageobacillus thermoglucosidasius (Suzuki 1984) Aliyu et al. 2019

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus thermoglucosidasius Suzuki 1984

Etymology: ther.mo.glu.co.si.da.si.us. N.L. masc. adj. glucosidasius, of glucosidase; N.L. masc. adj. thermoglucosidasius, indicating the production of heat-stable glucosidase

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

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 (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

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

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Parageobacillus Aliyu et al. 2019. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 48 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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.

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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