Name: Terribacillus saccharophilus An et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ro’phi.lus. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, sugar; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. saccharophilus, sugar-loving

Pronunciation, gender: sak-k^ha-RO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: 002-048; DSM 21619; IAM 15309; JCM 21759; KCTC 13936

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB243845 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: An SY, Asahara M, Goto K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Terribacillus saccharophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Terribacillus halophilus sp. nov., spore-forming bacteria isolated from field soil in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:51-55.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:659-660.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

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

• Emendations:
  • Hauser et al. 2025 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. 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.
    Notes:
    • 🫂 Emendation accompanied by a proposal regarding the synonymy of the species.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Terribacillus An et al. 2007. Publication: An SY, Asahara M, Goto K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Terribacillus saccharophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Terribacillus halophilus sp. nov., spore-forming bacteria isolated from field soil in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:51-55.
  • ⏰ According to Hauser et al. (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Pelagibacillus goriensis Kim 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.
  • ⏰ According to Hauser et al. (2025), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Terribacillus goriensis (Kim et al. 2007) Krishnamurthi and Chakrabarti 2009. 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 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 8 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Terribacillus An et al. 2007

Assigned by: An SY, Asahara M, Goto K, Kasai H, Yokota A. Terribacillus saccharophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Terribacillus halophilus sp. nov., spore-forming bacteria isolated from field soil in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:51-55.

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