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BioProject 43 59 -
BioSample 221 253 -
GEO DataSets 21 25 -
Gene 6,470 13,291 -
Identical Protein Groups 70,752 73,749 -
Nucleotide 26,715 27,416 275
PubChem BioAssay 133 133 -
PMC 5,330 5,330 -
Protein 144,910 156,566 -
SRA 190 219 -
Structure 809 831 -
Taxonomy 8 8 -

Geobacillus stearothermophilus

Taxonomy ID: 1422 (for references in articles please use ncbitaxon:1422)
current name
Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Donk 1920) Nazina et al. 2001
homotypic synonym:
Geobacillus stearothermophilus  (Donk 1920) Nazina et al. 2001 emend. Coorevits et al. 2012
includes:
Geobacillus sp. R-32640
Geobacillus sp. R-32504
Bacillus sp. 28
Bacillus sp. 3
Bacillus sp. 32A
Geobacillus sp. 15
basionym:
Bacillus stearothermophilus  Donk 1920 (Approved Lists 1980)
type strain of Bacillus stearothermophilus: ATCC : 12980 , BCRC : 11092 , BGSC : 9A20 , CCM : 2062 , CCUG : 26241 , CIP : 66.23 , DSM : 22 , IAM : 11062 , IFO : 12550 , JCM : 2501 , KCTC : 1665 , KCTC : 1752 , BCCM/LMG : 6939 , NBRC : 12550 , NCCB : 75019 , NCDO : 1768 , NCIMB : 8923 , NCTC : 10339 , NRRL : B-1172 , VKM : B 510 , personal : R-35646
NCBI BLAST name: firmicutes
Rank: species
Genetic code: Translation table 11 (Bacterial, Archaeal and Plant Plastid)
Other names:
heterotypic synonym Bacillus thermoliquefaciens
Lineage(full)
cellular organisms; Bacteria; Bacillati; Bacillota; Bacilli; Caryophanales; Anoxybacillaceae; Geobacillus

Comments and References:

Burgess SA et al. (2017)
Burgess, S.A., Flint, S.H., Lindsay, D., Cox, M.P., and Biggs, P.J. "Insights into the Geobacillus stearothermophilus species based on phylogenomic principles." BMC Microbiol. (2017) 17:140.
Galesloott TE & Labots H (1959)
Galesloott, T.E., and Labots, H. "Thermofiele sporevormers in melk, vooral met betrekking tot de bereiding van gesteriliseerde melk en chocolademelk." Ned. Melk-Zuivel Tijdschr. (1959) 13:155-179. [No PubMed record available.]
Coorevits A et al. (2012)
Coorevits, A., Dinsdale, A.E., Halket, G., Lebbe, L., De Vos, P., Van Landschoot, A., and Logan, N.A. "Taxonomic revision of the genus Geobacillus: emendation of Geobacillus, G. stearothermophilus, G. jurassicus, G. toebii, G. thermodenitrificans and G. thermoglucosidans (nom. corrig., formerly 'thermoglucosidasius'); transfer of Bacillus thermantarcticus to the genus as G. thermantarcticus comb. nov.; proposal of Caldibacillus debilis gen. nov., comb. nov.; transfer of G. tepidamans to Anoxybacillus as A. tepidamans comb. nov.; and proposal of Anoxybacillus caldiproteolyticus sp. nov." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2012) 62(7):1470-1485.
Nazina TN et al. (2001)
Nazina, T.N., Tourova, T.P., Poltaraus, A.B., Novikova, E.V., Grigoryan, A.A., Ivanova, A.E., Lysenko, A.M., Petrunyaka, V.V., Osipov, G.A., Belyaev, S.S., and Ivanov, M.V. "Taxonomic study of aerobic thermophilic bacilli and 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 thermoglucosidasius and Bacillus thermodenitrificans to Geobacillus as the new combinations G. stearothermophilus, G. thermocatenulatus, G. thermoleovorans, G. kaustophilus, G. thermoglucosidasius and G. thermodenitrificans." Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. (2001) 51(2):433-466.
Skerman VBD et al. (1980) (Bacillus stearothermophilus)
Skerman, V.B.D., McGowan, V., and Sneath, P.H.A. (editors). "Approved lists of bacterial names." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1980) 30:225-420.
Blanc M et al. (1997)
Blanc, M., Marilley, L., Beffa, T., and Aragno, M. "Rapid identification of heterotrophic, thermophilic, spore-forming bacteria isolated from hot composts." Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. (1997) 47:1246-1248.
Donk PJ (1920)
Donk, P.J. "A highly resistant thermophilic organism." J. Bacteriol. (1920) 5:373-374. [No abstract available.]

External Information Resources (NCBI LinkOut)

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Geobacillus stearothermophilus type strain (BD-ID 1419) meta-databases BacDive
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Geobacillus stearothermophilus culture/stock collections Global Catalogue of Microorganisms
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Bacillus stearothermophilus taxonomy/phylogenetic Integrated Taxonomic Information System
Geobacillus stearothermophilus (T) | SeqCode Registry taxonomy/phylogenetic SeqCode Registry
Geobacillus stearothermophilus type strain (SI-ID 1198) meta-databases StrainInfo, Leibniz Institute DSMZ
Wikipedia taxonomy/phylogenetic iPhylo
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Reference: How to cite this resource - Schoch CL, et al. NCBI Taxonomy: a comprehensive update on curation, resources and tools. Database (Oxford). 2020: baaa062. PubMed: 32761142 PMC: PMC7408187.


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