Name: Parageobacillus yumthangensis (Najar et al. 2018) Najar et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Geobacillus yumthangensis Najar et al. 2018

Etymology: yum.thang.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. yumthangensis, referring to Yumthang

Pronunciation, gender: yum-t^han͡g-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: AYN2; JCM 32596; KCTC 33950; MTCC 12769

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MG603320 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 yumthangensis Najar et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposit incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: MTCC 12749.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

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: 14648