Genus Alkalihalobacterium

Name: Alkalihalobacterium Joshi et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.ka.li.ha.lo.bac.te’ri.um. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); from Arabic article al, the; from Arabic masc. n. qaly, ashes of saltwort; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Alkalihalobacterium, bacterium living under alkaline-saline conditions

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): neuter (stem: Alkalihalobacteri-), al-ka-li-ha-lo-bak-TE-ri-um

Type species: Alkalihalobacterium alkalinitrilicum (Sorokin et al. 2009) Joshi et al. 2022

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

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

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 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. 🇨🇦
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Sorokin DY, van Pelt S, Tourova TP. Utilization of aliphatic nitriles under haloalkaline conditions by Bacillus alkalinitrilicus sp. nov. isolated from soda solonchak soil. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2008; 288:235-240. 🇷🇺
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Lihalobacterium".
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Joshi et al. (2022). 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 BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; CCTCC: 2; JCM: 2; MCC: 2; NBRC: 1; LMG: 1; CGMCC: 1; ATCC: 1; UNIQEM: 1; NCIMB: 1.
- 🧍 The distinct name Halalkalibacterium from the same publication has a similar spelling. Publication: Angell RC, Freund GE, Willett P. Automatic spelling correction using a trigram similarity measure. Information Processing and Management 1983; 19:255-261.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 6

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Alkalihalobacterium alkalicellulosilyticum corrig. (Liu et al. 2022) Li et al. 2024	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Alkalihalobacterium alkalicellulosilyticus (Liu et al. 2022) Li et al. 2024	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
Alkalihalobacterium alkalinitrilicum (Sorokin et al. 2009) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Alkalihalobacterium bogoriense (Vargas et al. 2005) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Alkalihalobacterium chitinilyticum" Thite et al. 2023	not validly published	preferred name
Alkalihalobacterium elongatum Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

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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