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Anoxybacillus

Anoxybacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae. Anoxybacillus occur in geothermal springs, manure and milk processing plants.

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Anoxybacillus
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Anoxybacillus
Pikuta et al. 20001
Type species
Anoxybacillus pushchinoensis
corrig. Pikuta et al. 2000
Species2

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Anoxybacillus is a genus of rod-shaped, spore-forming bacteria from the family of Bacillaceae.34 Anoxybacillus occur in geothermal springs, manure and milk processing plants.5

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)1 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).2

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024678 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS22091011

Anoxybacillus sediminis Khan et al. 2019

other

Anoxybacillus
(Thermaerobacillus)

A. caldiproteolyticus Chen et al. 2004 ex Coorevits et al. 2012

(Anoxybacteroides)

A. geothermale Filippidou et al. 20164

A. rupiense Derekova et al. 2008

A. tepidamans (Schäffer et al. 2004) Coorevits et al. 2012

A. amylolyticum Poli et al. 2006

A. contaminans De Clerck et al. 2004

A. voinovskiense Yumoto et al. 2004

A. calidus Cihan et al. 2014

A. vitaminiphilus Zhang et al. 2013

A. bogrovensis Atanassova et al. 2008

(Anoxybacillus)

A. ayderensis Dulger, Demirbag & Belduz 2004

A. salavatliensis Cihan, Ozcan & Cokmus 2011

Flavobacterium thermophilum Loginova & Egorova 1982

A. gonensis Belduz, Dulger & Demirbag 2003

A. kamchatkensis Kevbrin et al. 2006

A. kaynarcensis Inan, Belduz & Canakci 2013

A. thermarum Poli et al. 2011

A. karvacharensis Panosyan, Margaryan & Birkeland 202112

A. kestanbolensis Dulger, Demirbag & Belduz 2004

A. flavithermus Heinen, Lauwers & Mulders 1982 ex Pikuta et al. 2000

A. pushchinoensis corrig. Pikuta et al. 2000

A. tengchongensis Zhang et al. 2011

A. flavithermus yunnanensis Dai et al. 2011

A. eryuanensis Zhang et al. 2011

A. mongoliensis Namsaraev et al. 2011

Thermolongibacillus

Anoxybacillus

A. pushchinoensis

A. ayderensis [A. salavatliensis]

A. gonensis [A. kamchatkensis]

A. thermarum

A. kestanbolensis

A. flavithermus [A. karvacharensis12]

A. mongoliensis

A. tengchongensis ["A. suryakundensis" Deep, Poddar & Das 2013]

Paranoxybacillus

P. vitaminiphilus

Anoxybacillus calidus

Anoxybacteroides

A. rupiense

A. tepidamans

A. amylolyticum

A. voinovskiense

Thermaerobacillus caldiproteolyticus

other

Unassigned species:

  • "A. beppuensis" Muramatsu, Takamatsu & Nakashima 2005
  • "A. hidirlerensis" Belduz, Inan & Canakci 2007
  • "A. kualawohkensis" Azura et al. 2006 ex Paul et al. 2012
  • "A. toebii" Bae et al. 2005
  • "A. tunisiense" Sayeh et al. 2007
See also

See also

References

References

  1. A.C. Parte; et al. "Anoxybacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  2. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Anoxybacillus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  3. UniProt
  4. De Vos, Paul; et al., eds. (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-68489-5.
  5. Goh, Kian Mau; Gan, Han Ming; Chan, Kok-Gan; Chan, Giek Far; Shahar, Saleha; Chong, Chun Shiong; Kahar, Ummirul Mukminin; Chai, Kian Piaw; Zhang, Ren (6 March 2014). "Analysis of Anoxybacillus Genomes from the Aspects of Lifestyle Adaptations, Prophage Diversity, and Carbohydrate Metabolism". PLOS ONE. 9 (3) e90549. Bibcode:2014PLoSO...990549G. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090549. PMC 3948429. PMID 24603481. * De Vos, Paul; et al., eds. (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-68489-5.
  6. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  12. Anoxybacillus karvacharensis sp. nov., a novel thermophilic bacterium isolated from the Karvachar geothermal spring in Nagorno-Karabakh
Further reading

Further reading