Name: Pelagibacillus goriensis Kim et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: go.ri.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. goriensis, from Gori, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: go-ri-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CL-GR16; DSM 18252; KCCM 42329

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16S rRNA gene: DQ519571 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim YG, Hwang CY, Yoo KW, Moon HT, Yoon JH, Cho BC. Pelagibacillus goriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halotolerant bacterium isolated from coastal water off the east coast of Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1554-1560.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2189-2190.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Terribacillus saccharophilus An et al. 2007

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Terribacillus saccharophilus An et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Terribacillus goriensis (Kim et al. 2007) Krishnamurthi and Chakrabarti 2009	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pelagibacillus Kim et al. 2007. Publication: Kim YG, Hwang CY, Yoo KW, Moon HT, Yoon JH, Cho BC. Pelagibacillus goriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halotolerant bacterium isolated from coastal water off the east coast of Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1554-1560.
  • ⏲ According to Hauser et al. (2025), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Terribacillus saccharophilus An et al. 2007. Publication: Hauser T, Lawson PA, Bevis DL, McLaughlin RW. Genome-based reclassification of Terribacillus goriensis (Kim et al. 2007) Krishnamurthi and Chakrabarti 2009 as a later heterotypic synonym of Terribacillus saccharophilus An et al. 2007. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6794.
  • 🏢 Synonymy of this taxon was mentioned in an IJSEM list. Publication: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6824.
  • ❗ Pelagibacillus goriensis is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Pelagibacillus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Pelagibacillus Kim et al. 2007

Assigned by: Kim YG, Hwang CY, Yoo KW, Moon HT, Yoon JH, Cho BC. Pelagibacillus goriensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately halotolerant bacterium isolated from coastal water off the east coast of Korea. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1554-1560.

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