Thermobacillus composti Watanabe et al. 2007 Thermobacillus composti Watanabe et al. 2007 Universal Root Woese et al. 1990 Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990 Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021 Bacillota corrig. Gibbons and Murray 2021 Firmacutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021 Bacilli Ludwig et al. 2010 Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980) Paenibacillaceae De Vos et al. 2010 Thermobacillus Touzel et al. 2000 Thermobacillus composti Watanabe et al. 2007 Thermobacillus Touzel et al. 2000 Thermobacillus xylanilyticus Touzel et al. 2000 Thermobacillus composti Watanabe et al. 2007 Watanabe K. Nagao N. Yamamoto S. Toda T. Kurosawa N. Thermobacillus composti sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a composting reactor. 2007 57 7 1473 1477 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.64672-0 17625178 Liolios K. Chen I.M. Mavromatis K. Tavernarakis N. Hugenholtz P. Markowitz V.M. Kyrpides N.C. The Genomes On Line Database (GOLD) in 2009: status of genomic and metagenomic projects and their associated metadata 2010 38 D346 354 Nucleic Acids Research Nucleic Acids Res. 0305-1048 1362-4962 10.1093/nar/gkp848 19914934 Watanabe K. Nagao N. Yamamoto S. Toda T. Kurosawa N. Thermobacillus composti sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a composting reactor. 2007 57 7 1473 1477 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.64672-0 17625178 Watanabe K. Nagao N. Yamamoto S. Toda T. Kurosawa N. Thermobacillus composti sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic bacterium isolated from a composting reactor. 2007 57 7 1473 1477 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijs.0.64672-0 17625178 Tindall B.J. The status of names whose nomenclatural types are based on strains deposited solely for patent purposes. 2019 69 8 2616 2620 International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 1466-5026 1466-5034 10.1099/ijsem.0.003527 31215862 The nomenclatural type of the genus is based upon a patent strain and is therefore illegitimate. Consequently, the genus and therefore this species are also illegitimate until a publicly available deposit is made available for the type species.