Name: Geobacillus subterraneus subsp. aromaticivorans Poli et al. 2013

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov.

Etymology: a.ro.ma.ti.ci.vo’rans. L. masc. adj. aromaticus, aromatic, fragrant; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. part. adj. aromaticivorans, devouring aromatic (compounds), i.e. able to degrade xylene and phenanthroline

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 110341; DSM 23066; Ge1

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HE613733 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Poli A, Guven K, Romano I, Pirinccioglu H, Guven RG, Euzeby JP, Matpan F, Acer O, Orlando P, Nicolaus B. Geobacillus subterraneus subsp. aromaticivorans subsp. nov., a novel thermophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Sirnak, Turkey. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012; 58:437-446.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 151. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1577-1580.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.

Parent taxon: Geobacillus subterraneus Nazina et al. 2001

Assigned by: Poli A, Guven K, Romano I, Pirinccioglu H, Guven RG, Euzeby JP, Matpan F, Acer O, Orlando P, Nicolaus B. Geobacillus subterraneus subsp. aromaticivorans subsp. nov., a novel thermophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Sirnak, Turkey. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2012; 58:437-446.

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