Name: Thalassobacillus cyri Sánchez-Porro et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cy’ri. L. gen. masc. n. cyri, of Cyrus, named after Cyrus, the first king of Persia, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … KY-ri, masculine

Type strain: CCM 7597; DSM 21635; HS286; JCM 15722

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MT760152 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sanchez-Porro C, Amoozegar MA, Rohban R, Hajighasemi M, Ventosa A. Thalassobacillus cyri sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2565-2570. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:3-4.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.17181 (N = 62).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Thalassobacillus García et al. 2005

Assigned by: Sanchez-Porro C, Amoozegar MA, Rohban R, Hajighasemi M, Ventosa A. Thalassobacillus cyri sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Gram-positive bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2565-2570. 🇪🇸

Linking: To permanently link to this page, use https://lpsn.dsmz.de/species/thalassobacillus-cyriCopy to clipboardLink copied to clipboard

Record number: 788105