Name: Geobacillus subterraneus subsp. subterraneus (Nazina et al. 2001) Poli et al. 2013

Category: Subspecies

Proposed as: subsp. nov. (rule 40d)

Basonym: Geobacillus subterraneus Nazina et al. 2001

Etymology: sub.ter.ra’ne.us. L. masc. adj. subterraneus, underground

Pronunciation, gender: sub-ter-RA-ne-us, masculine

Type strain: 34; AS 12673; DSM 13552; VKM B-2226

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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:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Geobacillus subterraneus subsp. aromaticivorans Poli et al. 2013 according to rule 40d. 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.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 Description: IJSEM 51:443. Publication: Nazina TN, Tourova TP, Poltaraus AB, Novikova EV, Grigoryan AA, Ivanova AE, Lysenko AM, Petrunyaka VV, Osipov GA, Belyaev SS, et al. Taxonomic study of aerobic thermophilic bacilli: descriptions of Geobacillus subterraneus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Geobacillus uzenensis sp. nov. from petroleum reservoirs and transfer of Bacillus stearothermophilus, Bacillus thermocatenulatus, Bacillus thermoleovorans, Bacillus kaustophilus, Bacillus thermodenitrificans to Geobacillus as the new combinations G. stearothermophilus, G. th. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:433-446.

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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