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Genus Halalkalibacterium
Name: Halalkalibacterium Joshi et al. 2022
Etymology: Hal.al.ka.li.bac.te’ri.um. Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; Arabic article al, soda ash; N.L. neut. n. bacterium, a small rod; N.L. neut. n. Halalkalibacterium, bacterium living under alkaline saline conditions
Gender: neuter (stem: Halalkalibacteri-)
Type species: Halalkalibacterium halodurans (Nielsen et al. 1995 ex Boyer et al. 1973) Joshi et al. 2022
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
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
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Notes:
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🧕 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.
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🚋 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.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Li Z, Kawamura Y, Shida O, Yamagata S, Deguchi T, Ezaki T. Bacillus okuhidensis sp. nov., isolated from the Okuhida spa area of Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1205-1209.
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🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980).
Publication:
Nielsen P, Fritze D, Priest FG. Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species. Microbiology 1995; 141:1745-1761.
- 😡 This taxon name is a homonym of Halalkalibacterium Wu et al. 2022.
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Wu 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: 2; JCM: 1; CIP: 1; NRRL: 1; LMG: 1; ATCC: 1.
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🧍 The distinct name Alkalihalobacterium 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.
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🧕 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.
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 Halalkalibacterium halodurans (Nielsen et al. 1995 ex Boyer et al. 1973) Joshi et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name Halalkalibacterium ligniniphilum (Zhu et al. 2014) Joshi et al. 2022 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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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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Record number: 26523
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