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

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geobacillus toebii Sung et al. 2002

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: pa-ra-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

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF326278 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

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Parageobacillus toebii" (Sung et al. 2002) Aliyu et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Geobacillus toebii Sung et al. 2002	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 11 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

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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