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

Gender: masculine

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

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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

• 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.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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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