Name: Thermobacillus composti Watanabe et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: com.pos’ti. N.L. gen. neut. n. composti, of/from compost

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 18247; JCM 13945; KWC4

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB254031 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Watanabe K, Nagao N, Yamamoto S, Toda T, Kurosawa N. Thermobacillus composti sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a composting reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1473-1477.

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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.31418 (N = 11).
  • 😷 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 - 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 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thermobacillus Touzel et al. 2000

Assigned by: Watanabe K, Nagao N, Yamamoto S, Toda T, Kurosawa N. Thermobacillus composti sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a composting reactor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1473-1477.

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Record number: 782537