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Genus Halalkalibacillus
Name: Halalkalibacillus Echigo et al. 2007
Etymology: Hal.al.ka’li.ba.cil’lus. Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; Arabic masc. n. al-qalyi, soda ash; L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Halalkalibacillus, briny and alkaline media loving rods
Gender: masculine (stem: Halalkalibacill-)
Type species: Halalkalibacillus halophilus Echigo et al. 2007
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Echigo A, Fukushima T, Mizuki T, Kamekura M, Usami R. Halalkalibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a non-saline soil sample in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1081-1085. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Emendations:
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He et al. 2020
He RH, Liu ZW, Yan YQ, Du ZJ. Halalkalibacillus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from sediment of sea cucumber culture pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1398-1403.
Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2967-2971.
Notes:- ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
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He et al. 2020
He RH, Liu ZW, Yan YQ, Du ZJ. Halalkalibacillus sediminis sp. nov., isolated from sediment of sea cucumber culture pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:1398-1403.
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Notes:
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Alkalibacillaceae 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.
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🧕 Li et al. (2024) assigned this genus to the family Amphibacillaceae 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.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Halalkalibacilus".
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is -0.01843 (N = 10).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 1; B: 1; JCM: 1; MCCC: 1; DSM: 1.
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🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Alkalibacillaceae 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.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 2
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Halalkalibacillus halophilus Echigo et al. 2007 validly published under the ICNP correct name Halalkalibacillus sediminis He et al. 2020 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Echigo A, Fukushima T, Mizuki T, Kamekura M, Usami R. Halalkalibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a non-saline soil sample in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1081-1085.
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Record number: 517421
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