Subspecies Alicyclobacillus hesperidum subsp. hesperidum

Name: Alicyclobacillus hesperidum subsp. hesperidum (Albuquerque et al. 2000) Goto et al. 2023

Category, proposed as: subspecies, subsp. nov.

Basonym: Alicyclobacillus hesperidum Albuquerque et al. 2000

Etymology: hes.pe’ri.dum. L. gen. fem. pl. n. hesperidum, of the Hesperides, mythological figures whom the Greeks believed to have lived at the Western edge of the Earth in a miraculous garden, which we interpret as the Azores

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-ky-klo-ba-KIL-lus hes-PE-ri-dum hes-PE-ri-dum, masculine

Type strain: BCRC 17524; CECT 5324; DSM 12489; FR-11

See detailed strain information at

Valid publication: Goto K, Fujii T, Yasui K, Mochida K, Kato-Tanaka Y, Morohoshi S, An SY, Kasai H, Yokota A. Proposal of a novel subspecies: Alicyclobacillus hesperidum subspecies aegles. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6067. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6145.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🙋 This subspecies could be automatically created (rule 40d) by the valid publication of Alicyclobacillus hesperidum subsp. aegles Goto et al. 2023 but an explicit description was also provided. Publication: Goto K, Fujii T, Yasui K, Mochida K, Kato-Tanaka Y, Morohoshi S, An SY, Kasai H, Yokota A. Proposal of a novel subspecies: Alicyclobacillus hesperidum subspecies aegles. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6067. 🇯🇵
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this subspecies. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded pathogenicity of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Alicyclobacillus hesperidum Albuquerque et al. 2000

Assigned by: Goto K, Fujii T, Yasui K, Mochida K, Kato-Tanaka Y, Morohoshi S, An SY, Kasai H, Yokota A. Proposal of a novel subspecies: Alicyclobacillus hesperidum subspecies aegles. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6067. 🇯🇵

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