Cite this strain

"Geobacillus thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis" (DSM 15392, PIZZO 70, PIZZO)

BacDive ID 1451

Type strain

Strain Designation PIZZO

Culture col. no. DSM 15392 PIZZO 70 PIZZO

NCBI tax ID(s) 278196

Special Collections DSMZ

History <- A. Gambacorta, ICB-CNR, Pozzuoli; PIZZO <- I. Romano

"Geobacillus thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis" PIZZO is a thermophilic prokaryote that was isolated from soil close to the crater.

thermophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

Culture Collection Numbers

DSM 15392 PIZZO 70 PIZZO

@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 thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis"

Full scientific name Geobacillus thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis Romano et al. 2005

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture medium

@ref	Name	Growth	Medium link	Composition
5892	CASO AGAR (MERCK 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220)		Medium recipe at MediaDive	Name: CASO AGAR (Merck 105458) (DSMZ Medium 220; with strain-specific modifications) Composition: Casein peptone 15.0 g/l NaCl 5.0 g/l Soy peptone 5.0 g/l Yeast 2.0 g/l Distilled water

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
5892	positive	growth	55	thermophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation source categories

Cat1	Cat2	Cat3
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	-
#Environmental	#Terrestrial	#Soil

Isolation

@ref	Sample type	Geographic location	Country	Country ISO 3 Code	Continent
5892	soil close to the crater	Sicilia, Stromboli	Italy	ITA	Europe

Taxonmaps

69479

Global distribution of 16S sequence AJ704828 (>99% sequence identity) for Geobacillus from Microbeatlas

Aquatic Samples	635
Soil Samples	485
Animal Samples	2412
Plant Samples	182
Total Samples	3714

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
20218	Geobacillus thermoleovorans subsp. stromboliensis partial 16S rRNA gene	AJ704828	1508		278196

GC content

5892

GC-content (mol%)54.1

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#5892	Leibniz Institut DSMZ-Deutsche Sammlung von Mikroorganismen und Zellkulturen GmbH ; Curators of the DSMZ; DSM 15392
#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 )
#20218	Verslyppe, B., De Smet, W., De Baets, B., De Vos, P., Dawyndt P.: StrainInfo introduces electronic passports for microorganisms.. Syst Appl Microbiol. 37: 42 - 50 2014 ( DOI 10.1016/j.syapm.2013.11.002 , PubMed 24321274 )
#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 .

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