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Genus Alkalicoccobacillus
Name: Alkalicoccobacillus Joshi et al. 2022
Etymology: Al.ka.li.coc.co.ba.cil’lus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); from Arabic article al, the; from Arabic masc. n. qaly, ashes of saltwort; Gr. masc. n. kokkos, a berry; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small rod; N.L. masc. n. Alkalicoccobacillus, a cocobacillary rod living in basic surroundings
Gender: masculine (stem: Alkalicoccobacill-)
Type species: Alkalicoccobacillus murimartini (Borchert et al. 2007) Joshi et al. 2022
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Effective publication:
Joshi A, Thite S, Karodi P, Joseph N, Lodha T. Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:722369. 
IJSEM list:
Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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Kim et al. 2023
Kim KH, Han DM, Lee JK, Jeon CO. Alkalicoccobacillus porphyridii sp. nov., isolated from a marine red alga, reclassification of Shouchella plakortidis and Shouchella gibsonii as Alkalicoccobacillus plakortidis comb. nov. and Alkalicoccobacillus gibsonii comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Alkalicoccobacillus Joshi et al. 2022. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6019.
Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6094.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 3 new species in the genus.
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.
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Kim et al. 2023
Kim KH, Han DM, Lee JK, Jeon CO. Alkalicoccobacillus porphyridii sp. nov., isolated from a marine red alga, reclassification of Shouchella plakortidis and Shouchella gibsonii as Alkalicoccobacillus plakortidis comb. nov. and Alkalicoccobacillus gibsonii comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Alkalicoccobacillus Joshi et al. 2022. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6019.
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Notes:
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Anaerobacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Alkalihalobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020.
Publication:
Patel S, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and comparative genomic framework for resolving the polyphyly of the genus Bacillus: Proposal for six new genera of Bacillus species, Peribacillus gen. nov., Cytobacillus gen. nov., Mesobacillus gen. nov., Neobacillus gen. nov., Metabacillus gen. nov. and Alkalihalobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:406-438.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Borchert MS, Nielsen P, Graeber I, Kaesler I, Szewzyk U, Pape T, Antranikian G, Schafer T. Bacillus plakortidis sp. nov. and Bacillus murimartini sp. nov., novel alkalitolerant members of rRNA group 6. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2888-2893.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Alkalicocobacillus".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; NCIMB: 2; ATCC: 1; JCM: 1; CIP: 1; KCCM: 1.
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Anaerobacillaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024.
Publication:
Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Alkalicoccobacillus gibsonii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Kim et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name Alkalicoccobacillus murimartini (Borchert et al. 2007) Joshi et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Alkalicoccobacillus plakortidis (Borchert et al. 2007) Kim et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP synonym Alkalicoccobacillus porphyridii Kim et al. 2023 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Joshi A, Thite S, Karodi P, Joseph N, Lodha T. Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:722369.
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Record number: 26517
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