Name: Ureibacillus terrenus Fortina et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ter.re’nus. L. masc. adj. terrenus, from earth, referring to the habitat of the organism

Pronunciation, gender: … ter-RE-nus, masculine

Type strain: CIP 107065; DSM 12654; LMG 19470; TH9A

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ276403 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fortina MG, Pukall R, Schumann P, Mora D, Parini C, Manachini PL, Stackebrandt E. Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:447-455. 🇮🇹

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

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 0.16460 (N = 5).
  • 😷 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.
  • 🙆 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 pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Ureibacillus Fortina et al. 2001

Assigned by: Fortina MG, Pukall R, Schumann P, Mora D, Parini C, Manachini PL, Stackebrandt E. Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:447-455. 🇮🇹

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Record number: 782925