Name: Geobacillus thermodenitrificans subsp. thermodenitrificans (Manachini et al. 2000 ex Klaushofer and Hollaus 1970) Cihan et al. 2011

Category: Subspecies

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

Basonym: Bacillus thermodenitrificans (ex Klaushofer and Hollaus 1970) Manachini et al. 2000

Etymology: ther.mo.de.ni.tri’fi.cans. Gr. fem. adj. thermê, heat; N.L. pres. part. denitrificans, denitrifying; N.L. masc. part. adj. thermodenitrificans, thermophilic denitrifying, referring to two of the organism's features

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 29492; BGSC 94A1; DSM 465; LMG 17532; strain R-35647

See detailed strain information at

Effective publication: Cihan AC, Ozcan B, Tekin N, Cokmus C. Geobacillus thermodenitrificans subsp. calidus, subsp. nov., a thermophilic and alpha-glucosidase producing bacterium isolated from Kizilcahamam, Turkey. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2011; 57:83-92.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 142. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:2563-2565.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📠 This subspecies was automatically created by the valid publication of Geobacillus thermodenitrificans subsp. calidus Cihan et al. 2011 according to rule 40d. Publication: Cihan AC, Ozcan B, Tekin N, Cokmus C. Geobacillus thermodenitrificans subsp. calidus, subsp. nov., a thermophilic and alpha-glucosidase producing bacterium isolated from Kizilcahamam, Turkey. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2011; 57:83-92.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🙆 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 risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 Authorship corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
  • 🧍 The original authorship, (Manachini et al. 2000) Nazina et al. 2001, was corrected according to the new Rule 40d. Publication: Garrity GM, Labeda DP, Oren A. Judicial Commission of the International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes. XIIth International (IUMS) Congress of Bacteriology and Applied Microbiology. Minutes of the meetings, 3, 4 and 6 August 2008, Istanbul, Turkey. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2011; 61:2775-2780.

Parent taxon: Geobacillus thermodenitrificans (Manachini et al. 2000 ex Klaushofer and Hollaus 1970) Nazina et al. 2001

Assigned by: Cihan AC, Ozcan B, Tekin N, Cokmus C. Geobacillus thermodenitrificans subsp. calidus, subsp. nov., a thermophilic and alpha-glucosidase producing bacterium isolated from Kizilcahamam, Turkey. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2011; 57:83-92.

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