Genus Alkalicoccus

Name: Alkalicoccus Zhao et al. 2017

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

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

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

Emendations:
- Gupta et al. 2020 Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798. Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 4 new species in the genus.

Notes:
- 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Salisediminibacteriaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
- 🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Salisediminibacteriaceae 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.
- 🧕 Zhao et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the order Bacillales Prévot 1953 (Approved Lists 1980). 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.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Romano I, Lama L, Nicolaus B, Gambacorta A, Giordano A. Bacillus saliphilus sp. nov., isolated from a mineral pool in Campania, Italy. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:159-163.
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Zhao et al. (2017). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
- 😢 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03545 (N = 1).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 5; CGMCC: 3; JCM: 3; ATCC: 1; CECT: 1; KCTC: 1; NBRC: 1; CCM: 1.

Subdivision:

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

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
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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Genus Alkalicoccus