Name: Saccharococcus thermophilus Nystrand 1984

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lus. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, heat-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … t^her-MO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: 657; ATCC 43125; CCM 3586; DSM 4749

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16S rRNA gene: X70430 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Nystrand R. Saccharococcus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from beet sugar extraction. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:204-219.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 16. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1984; 34:503-504.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Saccharococcus Nystrand 1984. Publication: Nystrand R. Saccharococcus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from beet sugar extraction. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:204-219.
  • ⏰ According to Patel et al. (2024), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Parageobacillus caldoxylosilyticus (Ahmad et al. 2000) Aliyu et al. 2019. Publication: Patel I, Bello S, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular marker based studies to clarify the evolutionary relationships amongst Anoxybacillus species and demarcation of the family Anoxybacillaceae and some of its constituent genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6528. 🇨🇦
  • ⏰ According to Patel et al. (2024), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of "Parageobacillus caldoxylosilyticus" (Ahmad et al. 2000) Aliyu et al. 2016. Publication: Patel I, Bello S, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular marker based studies to clarify the evolutionary relationships amongst Anoxybacillus species and demarcation of the family Anoxybacillaceae and some of its constituent genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6528. 🇨🇦
  • ⏰ According to Patel et al. (2024), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Geobacillus caldoxylosilyticus (Ahmad et al. 2000) Fortina et al. 2001. Publication: Patel I, Bello S, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular marker based studies to clarify the evolutionary relationships amongst Anoxybacillus species and demarcation of the family Anoxybacillaceae and some of its constituent genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6528. 🇨🇦
  • ⏰ According to Patel et al. (2024), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Saccharococcus caldoxylosilyticus Ahmad et al. 2000. Publication: Patel I, Bello S, Gupta RS. Phylogenomic and molecular marker based studies to clarify the evolutionary relationships amongst Anoxybacillus species and demarcation of the family Anoxybacillaceae and some of its constituent genera. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6528. 🇨🇦
  • 🏢 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 74, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6556.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Saccharococcus Nystrand 1984

Assigned by: Nystrand R. Saccharococcus thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from beet sugar extraction. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1984; 5:204-219.

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