Genus Halolactibacillus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Halolactibacillus Ishikawa et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halolactibacillus halophilus Ishikawa et al. 2005.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. n. lac lactis, milk; L. masc. n. bacillus, stick, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Halolactibacillus, salt (loving) lactic acid rodlet.
Valid publication: ISHIKAWA (M.), NAKAJIMA (K.), ITAMIYA (Y.), FURUKAWA (S.), YAMAMOTO (Y.) and YAMASATO (K.): Halolactibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Halolactibacillus miurensis sp. nov., halophilic and alkaliphilic marine lactic acid bacteria constituting a phylogenetic lineage in Bacillus rRNA group 1. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2427-2439.
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→ Halolactibacillus Ishikawa et al. 2005 emend. Cao et al. 2008.
Reference: CAO (S.J.), QU (J.H.), YANG (J.S.), SUN (Q.) and YUAN (H.L.): Halolactibacillus alkaliphilus sp. nov., a moderately alkaliphilic and halophilic bacterium isolated from a soda lake in Inner Mongolia, China, and emended description of the genus Halolactibacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2169-2173.
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Halolactibacillus alkaliphilus Cao et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) H-5 = CGMCC AS 1.6843 = NBRC 103919.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: EF554593.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali, alkali; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. alkaliphilus, alkali loving.
Valid publication: CAO (S.J.), QU (J.H.), YANG (J.S.), SUN (Q.) and YUAN (H.L.): Halolactibacillus alkaliphilus sp. nov., a moderately alkaliphilic and halophilic bacterium isolated from a soda lake in Inner Mongolia, China, and emended description of the genus Halolactibacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 2169-2173.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halolactibacillus halophilus Ishikawa et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M2-2 = DSM 17073 = IAM 15242 = JCM 21694 = NBRC 100868 = NRIC 0628.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB196783.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt loving.
Valid publication: ISHIKAWA (M.), NAKAJIMA (K.), ITAMIYA (Y.), FURUKAWA (S.), YAMAMOTO (Y.) and YAMASATO (K.): Halolactibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Halolactibacillus miurensis sp. nov., halophilic and alkaliphilic marine lactic acid bacteria constituting a phylogenetic lineage in Bacillus rRNA group 1. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2427-2439.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Halolactibacillus miurensis Ishikawa et al. 2005, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) M23-1 = DSM 17074 = IAM 15247 = JCM 21699 = NBRC 100873 = NRIC 0633.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB196784.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. miurensis, pertaining to the Miura Peninsula, Japan, where the strains were isolated.
Valid publication: ISHIKAWA (M.), NAKAJIMA (K.), ITAMIYA (Y.), FURUKAWA (S.), YAMAMOTO (Y.) and YAMASATO (K.): Halolactibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. and Halolactibacillus miurensis sp. nov., halophilic and alkaliphilic marine lactic acid bacteria constituting a phylogenetic lineage in Bacillus rRNA group 1. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 2427-2439.
Original article in IJSEM Online