Name: Alkalicoccus Zhao et al. 2017
Etymology: Al.ka.li.coc’cus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); from Arabic article al, the; from Arabic masc. n. qaly, ashes of saltwort; N.L. masc. n. coccus, sphere; N.L. masc. n. Alkalicoccus, a coccus living in basic surroundings
Gender: masculine (stem: Alkalicocc-)
Type species: Alkalicoccus saliphilus (Romano et al. 2005) Zhao et al. 2017
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Zhao B, Lu W, Zhang S, Liu K, Yan Y, Li J. Reclassification of Bacillus saliphilus as Alkalicoccus saliphilus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Alkalicoccus halolimnae sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1557-1563.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 6
Total number of child taxa: 6
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Alkalicoccus chagannorensis (Carrasco et al. 2007) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alkalicoccus daliensis (Zhai et al. 2012) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alkalicoccus halolimnae Zhao et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alkalicoccus luteus (Subhash et al. 2014) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alkalicoccus saliphilus (Romano et al. 2005) Zhao et al. 2017 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alkalicoccus urumqiensis (Zhang et al. 2016) Gupta et al. 2020 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Zhao B, Lu W, Zhang S, Liu K, Yan Y, Li J. Reclassification of Bacillus saliphilus as Alkalicoccus saliphilus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Alkalicoccus halolimnae sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1557-1563.
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