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Name: Alicyclobacillus fastidiosus Goto et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: fas.ti.di.o’sus. L. masc. adj. fastidiosus, fastidious, referring to its fastidious character

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: a-li-ky-klo-ba-KIL-lus fas-ti-di-O-sus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17978; IAM 15229; JCM 21683; NBRC 103109; S-TAB

16S rRNA gene: AB264021 Analysetree FASTA download

Valid publication: Goto K, Mochida K, Kato Y, Asahara M, Fujita R, An SY, Kasai H, Yokota A. Proposal of six species of moderately thermophilic, acidophilic, endospore-forming bacteria: Alicyclobacillus contaminans sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus fastidiosus sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus kakegawensis sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus macrosporangiidus sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus sacchari sp. nov. and Alicyclobacillus shizuokensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1276-1285. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1935-1936.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 1

  • Notes:
    • 😷 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.
    • 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
    • 🙆 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: Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992

Assigned by: Goto K, Mochida K, Kato Y, Asahara M, Fujita R, An SY, Kasai H, Yokota A. Proposal of six species of moderately thermophilic, acidophilic, endospore-forming bacteria: Alicyclobacillus contaminans sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus fastidiosus sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus kakegawensis sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus macrosporangiidus sp. nov., Alicyclobacillus sacchari sp. nov. and Alicyclobacillus shizuokensis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1276-1285. 🇯🇵

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Record number: 773049