Geobacillus stearothermophilus (JCM 12894)

Name: Geobacillus stearothermophilus (JCM 12894)
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BacDive ID 161282

Type strain

Culture col. no. JCM 12894

NCBI tax ID(s) 1422

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Geobacillus stearothermophilus JCM 12894 is a thermophilic prokaryote that was isolated from Mud from the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench .

thermophilic 16S sequence

Name and taxonomic classification

SI-ID 231824

JCM 12894

@ref 20215

Last LPSN update 2025-12-16 10:08:42

Domain Bacillati

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
1415	G. stearothermophilus R-32607, alpha 1, DSM 2357, NCIMB 10279
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
163708	G. stearothermophilus JCM 30104

Morphology

Culture and growth conditions

Culture temp

@ref	Growth	Type	Temperature (°C)	Range
67770	positive	growth	60	thermophilic

Physiology and metabolism

Observation

67770

Observationquinones: MK-7

Isolation, sampling and environmental information

Isolation

67770

Sample typeMud from the Challenger Deep in the Mariana Trench (10,897 m in depth)

Interaction and safety

Sequence information

16S sequences

@ref	Description	Accession	Length	Database	NCBI tax ID
67770	Low G+C Gram-positive bacterium HTA462 gene for 16S rRNA, partial sequence	AB002646	1429		338794

GC content

@ref	GC-content (mol%)	Method
67770	51.8	high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC)

Genome-based predictions

Literature

References

#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 )
#67770	Japan Collection of Microorganism (JCM) ; Curators of the JCM;
#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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