Name: Saccharococcus caldoxylosilyticus Ahmad et al. 2000

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cal.do.xy.lo.si.ly’ti.cus. L. masc. adj. caldus, hot; N.L. neut. n. xylosum, xylose; N.L. masc. adj. lyticus, dissolving, degrading; N.L. masc. adj. caldoxylosilyticus, hot and xylose-degrading

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700356; DSM 12041; NBRC 107762; S1812

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16S rRNA gene: AF067651 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ahmad S, Scopes RK, Rees GN, Patel BK. Saccharococcus caldoxylosilyticus sp. nov., an obligately thermophilic, xylose-utilizing, endospore-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:517-523.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:951-953.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Parageobacillus caldoxylosilyticus (Ahmad et al. 2000) Aliyu et al. 2019

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Parageobacillus caldoxylosilyticus" (Ahmad et al. 2000) Aliyu et al. 2016	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Parageobacillus caldoxylosilyticus (Ahmad et al. 2000) Aliyu et al. 2019	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Geobacillus caldoxylosilyticus (Ahmad et al. 2000) Fortina et al. 2001	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Saccharococcus caldoxylosilyticus is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Saccharococcus.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Ahmad et al. 2000, the type strain DSM 12041 is cited as DSM 97-987. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.

Parent taxon: Saccharococcus Nystrand 1984

Assigned by: Ahmad S, Scopes RK, Rees GN, Patel BK. Saccharococcus caldoxylosilyticus sp. nov., an obligately thermophilic, xylose-utilizing, endospore-forming bacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:517-523.

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