Genus Alkalihalobacillus

Name: Alkalihalobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.ka.li.ha.lo.ba.cil’lus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (from Arabic article al the; Arabic n. qaliy ashes of saltwort) (indeclinable); Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. masc. n. bacillus, a small staff or rod and Bacillus, a bacterial genus; N.L. masc. n. Alkalihalobacillus, bacillus living in alkaline and salty conditions

Gender, pronunciation: masculine (stem: Alkalihalobacill-), al-ka-li-ha-lo-ba-KIL-lus

Type species: Alkalihalobacillus alcalophilus (Vedder 1934) Patel and Gupta 2020

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid 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.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Emendations:
- Joshi et al. 2021 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. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 36. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5413.
  Notes:
  - ⊖ Emendation accompanied by the removal of 32 species from the genus.

Notes:
- 🧕 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.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Vedder A. Bacillus alcalophilus n. sp.; benevens enkele ervaringen met sterk alcalische voedingsbodems. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology 1934; 1:141-147.
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Joshi et al. (2022), Liu et al. (2019), Yumoto et al. (2005). 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 phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01682 (N = 7).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 39; JCM: 17; LMG: 17; ATCC: 10; KCTC: 10; NCIMB: 8; CIP: 7; CGMCC: 6; NBRC: 4; NRRL: 3.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 6
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 42
Total number of child taxa: 46

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Alkalihalobacillus akibai (Nogi et al. 2005) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus alcalophilus (Vedder 1934) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Alkalihalobacillus algicola (Ivanova et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Alkalihalobacillus alkalilacus (Singh et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Alkalihalobacillus alkalinitrilicus (Sorokin et al. 2009) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus alkalisediminis (Borsodi et al. 2011) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus berkeleyi (Nedashkovskaya et al. 2012) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus bogoriensis (Vargas et al. 2005) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus caeni (Mo et al. 2020) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus clausii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus decolorationis (Heyrman et al. 2003) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
"Alkalihalobacillus deserti" Rouzi et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
Alkalihalobacillus gibsonii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus haemicellulosilyticus (Nogi et al. 2005) Patel and Gupta 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
Alkalihalobacillus haemicentroti (Chen et al. 2011) Patel and Gupta 2020	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
Alkalihalobacillus halodurans (Nielsen et al. 1995 ex Boyer et al. 1973) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus hemicellulosilyticus corrig. (Nogi et al. 2005) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus hemicentroti corrig. (Chen et al. 2011) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Alkalihalobacillus hunanensis Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus hwajinpoensis (Yoon et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus kiskunsagensis (Borsodi et al. 2017) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus krulwichiae (Yumoto et al. 2003) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus lehensis (Ghosh et al. 2007) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus ligniniphilus (Zhu et al. 2014) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus lindianensis (Dou et al. 2016) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus lonarensis (Reddy et al. 2015) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus macyae (Santini et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus marmarensis (Denizci et al. 2010) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus miscanthi (Shin et al. 2020) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus murimartini (Borchert et al. 2007) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus nanhaiisediminis (Zhang et al. 2011) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus oceani (Song et al. 2016) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus okhensis (Nowlan et al. 2006) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus okuhidensis (Li et al. 2002) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus oshimensis (Yumoto et al. 2005) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus patagoniensis (Olivera et al. 2005) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
"Alkalihalobacillus phoenicis" Schultz et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
Alkalihalobacillus plakortidis (Borchert et al. 2007) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus pseudalcaliphilus (Nielsen et al. 1995) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Alkalihalobacillus pseudofirmus (Nielsen et al. 1995) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus rhizosphaerae (Madhaiyan et al. 2013) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus shacheensis (Lei et al. 2014) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus trypoxylicola (Aizawa et al. 2010) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Alkalihalobacillus urbisdiaboli (Liu et al. 2019) Gupta et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus wakoensis (Nogi et al. 2005) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Alkalihalobacillus xiaoxiensis (Chen et al. 2011) Patel and Gupta 2020	validly published under the ICNP	synonym

Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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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Genus Alkalihalobacillus