
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.4987
Name	Bacillus stearothermophilus Donk 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Donk 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)
Preferred Name	Geobacillus stearothermophilus
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.4987
Type Strain representative organism	CIP 66.23^T (=JCM 2501 =KCTC 1665 =NCIMB 8923 =IFO 12550 =DSM 22 =NRRL B-1172 =IAM 11062 =KCTC 1752 =CCUG 26241 =NCFB 1768 =ATCC 12980 =NCCB 75019 =VKM B-510 =NBRC 12550 =LMG 6939 =CCM 2062 =CCRC 11092 =NCTC 10339)


Proper Form	Bacillus stearothermophilus Donk 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)
Nomenclatural History	The species Bacillus stearothermophilus was originally described by Donk 1920. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. In 2001, Nazina et al. established Bacillus stearothermophilus as the basonym of Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Donk 1920) Nazina et al. 2001 emend. Coorevits et al. 2012 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Bacillus stearothermophilus Donk 1920 (Approved Lists 1980).April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.4987.
Source File	10.1601/nm.4987.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 2, 2009.

References

Donk PJ. A Highly Resistant Thermophilic Organism. J Bacteriol 1920; 5:373-374. [PubMed].
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.
Nazina TN, Tourova TP, Poltaraus AB, Novikova EV, Grigoryan AA, Ivanova AE, Lysenko AM, Petrunyaka VV, Osipov GA, Belyaev SS, Ivanov MV. 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. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-51-2-433 [PubMed].