Geobacillus stearothermophilus (DSM 2357, NCIMB 10279, R-32607)

Name: Geobacillus stearothermophilus (DSM 2357, NCIMB 10279, R-32607)
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BacDive ID 1415

Type strain

Strain Designation R-32607, alpha 1

Culture col. no. DSM 2357 NCIMB 10279 R-32607 alpha 1

NCBI tax ID(s) 1422

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- NCIB (Bacillus coagulans) <- R.S.C. Aytoun, alpha 1

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Geobacillus stearothermophilus R-32607 is a bacterium of the family Bacillaceae.

16S sequence Bacteria

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 1197

LMG 6515,DSM 2357,LMG 6328,NCIB 10279,NCIMB 10279,VKM B-2196,KCTC 1830,KACC 10399,NCIB 10297,NRRL B-14317

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2026-02-09 11:18:06

Domain Bacteria

Phylum Bacillota

Class Bacilli

Order Caryophanales

Family Bacillaceae

Genus Geobacillus

Species Geobacillus stearothermophilus

Full scientific name Geobacillus stearothermophilus (Donk 1920) Nazina et al. 2001

Synonyms (1)

Bacillus stearothermophilus

BacDive ID	Other strains from **Geobacillus stearothermophilus** (22)	Type strain
1419	G. stearothermophilus R-35646, 26, DSM 22, ATCC 12980, CCM 2062, ... (type strain)
1410	G. stearothermophilus DSM 297, ATCC 12976, CCM 2183, NCIB 8919
1411	G. stearothermophilus L 32-65, DSM 456
1412	G. stearothermophilus L 33-65, R-32640, DSM 457
1413	G. stearothermophilus R-32765, S 65-67, DSM 458
1414	G. stearothermophilus DSM 494, NCTC 10003, CCUG 11734
1416	G. stearothermophilus alpha 7, DSM 2358, NCIB 10280
1417	G. stearothermophilus NRS-19, 1503, DSM 2027, ATCC 7954, NCIB 8924, ...
1418	G. stearothermophilus 186, DSM 2313, NCIB 10278
1420	G. stearothermophilus N.R. Smith T17, 1518, DSM 5934, ATCC 7953, ...
1421	G. stearothermophilus T15, DSM 6790, ATCC 10149, WDCM 00069, CCUG ...
1444	G. stearothermophilus 10, DSM 13240, CIP 106956
1448	G. stearothermophilus C953, CCUG 34144, HNCMB 101025, LMG 11163, ...
100611	G. stearothermophilus STH00420(ZIMET), CMI 98373, ACC 1829, HKI ...
134733	G. stearothermophilus CIP 57.16, NBIMCC 2329
142398	G. stearothermophilus CCUG 12317
149136	G. stearothermophilus CCUG 36912
151704	G. stearothermophilus CCUG 44677
154550	G. stearothermophilus CCUG 54374
156003	G. stearothermophilus CCUG 59982
161282	G. stearothermophilus JCM 12894
163708	G. stearothermophilus JCM 30104

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
752	NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: NUTRIENT AGAR (DSMZ Medium 1) Composition: Agar 15.0 g/l Peptone 5.0 g/l Meat extract 3.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)
752	positive	growth	55

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

752

Compoundamylase, thermostable

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence FN428659 (>99% sequence identity) for Geobacillus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	603
Soil Samples	387
Animal Samples	2094
Plant Samples	132
Total Samples	3216

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

@ref	Biosafety level	Biosafety level comment
752	1	Risk group (German classification) According to TRBA 466

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
752	Geobacillus stearothermophilus partial 16S rRNA gene, strain R-32607	FN428659	1511		1422

GC content

752

GC-content (mol%)51.9

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Topic	Title	Authors	Journal	DOI	Year
	Direct fermentation of potato starch and potato residues to lactic acid by Geobacillus stearothermophilus under non-sterile conditions.	Smerilli M, Neureiter M, Wurz S, Haas C, Fruhauf S, Fuchs W.	J Chem Technol Biotechnol	10.1002/jctb.4627	2015
Stress	Glycine-15 in the bend between two alpha-helices can explain the thermostability of DNA binding protein HU from Bacillus stearothermophilus.	Kawamura S, Kakuta Y, Tanaka I, Hikichi K, Kuhara S, Yamasaki N, Kimura M	Biochemistry	10.1021/bi951581l	1996
Enzymology	Purification and general biochemical properties of thermostable pullulanase from Bacillus stearothermophilus G-82.	Kambourova MS, Emanuilova EI	Appl Biochem Biotechnol	10.1007/BF02921835	1992

References

#752	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 2357
#20215	Parte, A.C., Sardà Carbasse, J., Meier-Kolthoff, J.P., Reimer, L.C. and Göker, M.: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. IJSEM ( DOI 10.1099/ijsem.0.004332 )
#69479	João F Matias Rodrigues, Janko Tackmann,Gregor Rot, Thomas SB Schmidt, Lukas Malfertheiner, Mihai Danaila,Marija Dmitrijeva, Daniela Gaio, Nicolas Näpflin and Christian von Mering. University of Zurich.: MicrobeAtlas 1.0 beta .
#126262	A. Lissin, I. Schober, J. F. Witte, H. Lüken, A. Podstawka, J. Koblitz, B. Bunk, P. Dawyndt, P. Vandamme, P. de Vos, J. Overmann, L. C. Reimer: StrainInfo—the central database for linked microbial strain identifiers. ( DOI 10.1093/database/baaf059 )

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Geobacillus stearothermophilus (DSM 2357, NCIMB 10279, R-32607)

Name and taxonomic classification

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

Culture temp

Physiology and metabolism

Compound production

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Taxonmaps

Interaction and safety

Risk assessment

Sequence information

16S sequences

GC content

Genome-based predictions

Literature

Literature

References

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