Name: Thermobacillus xylanilyticus Touzel et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: xy.la.ni.ly’ti.cus. N.L. neut. adj. xylanum, xylan, a plant polysaccharide; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, able to loose, able to dissolve; N.L. masc. adj. xylanilyticus, hydrolyzing xylan

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CNCM I-1017; XE

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16S rRNA gene: AJ005795 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Touzel JP, O'Donohue M, Debeire P, Samain E, Breton C. Thermobacillus xylanilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic thermophilic xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from farm soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:315-320.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:425-426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Thermobacillus Touzel et al. 2000. Publication: Touzel JP, O'Donohue M, Debeire P, Samain E, Breton C. Thermobacillus xylanilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic thermophilic xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from farm soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:315-320.
  • 😷 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 Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 36 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 However, according to D. Fritze (cited in N.A. Logan [2]), the strain CNCM I-1017 is unavailable. Publication: Logan NA. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of the genus Bacillus and related organisms. Minutes of the meeting, 30 July 2002, Paris, France. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2005; 55:977-979.
  • 🧍 The type strain has been deposited in the Collection Nationale de Cultures Microbiennes (CNCM I-1017) as a patent strain. According to J.P. Touzel [1], this strain is available without restrictions to the scientific community. — Touzel JP. Personal communication, 2000-01-17.

Parent taxon: Thermobacillus Touzel et al. 2000

Assigned by: Touzel JP, O'Donohue M, Debeire P, Samain E, Breton C. Thermobacillus xylanilyticus gen. nov., sp. nov., a new aerobic thermophilic xylan-degrading bacterium isolated from farm soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:315-320.

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