Name: Ureibacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1996) Fortina et al. 2001

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus thermosphaericus Andersson et al. 1996

Etymology: ther.mo.sphae.ri.cus. Gr. masc. adj. thermos, heat; L. masc. adj. sphaericus, spherical; N.L. masc. adj. thermosphaericus, the hot sphere

Gender: masculine

Type strain: CIP 104857; DSM 10633; HAMBI 1900; LMG 17959; P-11

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB101594 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Fortina MG, Pukall R, Schumann P, Mora D, Parini C, Manachini PL, Stackebrandt E. Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:447-455.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:795-796.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus thermosphaericus Andersson et al. 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Ureibacillus Fortina et al. 2001. Publication: Fortina MG, Pukall R, Schumann P, Mora D, Parini C, Manachini PL, Stackebrandt E. Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:447-455.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 29 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Fortina et al. the basonym is erroneously cited as Bacillus thermosphaericus Andersson et al. 1995 (sic). Publication: Andersson M, Laukkanen M, Nurmiaho-Lassila EL, Rainey FA, Niemelä SI, Salkinoja-Salonen M. Bacillus thermosphaericus sp. nov. a new thermophilic ureolytic bacillus isolated from air. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1995; 18:203-220.

Parent taxon: Ureibacillus Fortina et al. 2001

Assigned by: Fortina MG, Pukall R, Schumann P, Mora D, Parini C, Manachini PL, Stackebrandt E. Ureibacillus gen. nov., a new genus to accommodate Bacillus thermosphaericus (Andersson et al. 1995), emendation of Ureibacillus thermosphaericus and description of Ureibacillus terrenus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:447-455.

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