Name: Ureibacillus thermophilus Weon et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ther.mo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, hot; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, heat-loving

Pronunciation, gender: … t^her-MO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17952; HC148; KACC 11362

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ348072 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Weon HY, Lee SY, Kim BY, Noh HJ, Schumann P, Kim JS, Kwon SW. Ureibacillus composti sp. nov. and Ureibacillus thermophilus sp. nov., isolated from livestock-manure composts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2908-2911. 🇰🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:531-532.

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 0.17919 (N = 7).
  • 😷 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 4 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: Weon HY, Lee SY, Kim BY, Noh HJ, Schumann P, Kim JS, Kwon SW. Ureibacillus composti sp. nov. and Ureibacillus thermophilus sp. nov., isolated from livestock-manure composts. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2908-2911. 🇰🇷

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Record number: 786997