Genus Halobacillus

Name: Halobacillus Spring et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ha.lo.ba.cil.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Halobacillus, a salt(-loving) rod

Gender: masculine (stem: Halobacill-)

Type species: Halobacillus halophilus (Claus et al. 1984) Spring et al. 1996

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Spring S, Ludwig W, Marquez MC, Ventosa A, Schleifer KH. Halobacillus gen. nov., with descriptions of Halobacillus litoralis sp. nov., and Halobacillus trueperi sp. nov., and transfer of Sporosarcina halophila to Halobacillus halophilus comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:492-496.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Yoon et al. 2007 Yoon JH, Kang SJ, Jung YT, Oh TK. Halobacillus campisalis sp. nov., containing meso-diaminopimelic acid in the cell-wall peptidoglycan, and emended description of the genus Halobacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2021-2025. Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2727-2728.
  Notes:
  - ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  - 😢 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. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details.

Notes:
- 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Halobacillaceae 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.
- 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Halobacillaceae 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 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.
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Sporosarcina Kluyver and van Niel 1936 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Claus D, Fahmy F, Rolf HJ, Tosunoglu N. Sporosarcina halophila sp. nov., an Obligate, Slightly Halophilic Bacterium from Salt Marsh Soils. Syst Appl Microbiol 1983; 4:496-506.
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Halabacillus"; "Hallobacillus"; "Halobacilfus"; "Halobacilus"; "Halobaclllus".
- 🧔 This taxon was discussed in a meeting of a Taxonomic Subcommittee of the ICSP. Publication: Oren A, Ventosa A. International Committee on Systematics of Prokaryotes Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halobacteriaceae and Subcommittee on the taxonomy of Halomonadaceae. Minutes of the meeting 30 June 2010, Beijing, China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2010; 60:2257-2259.
- 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kim et al. (2016), Yoon et al. (2008). 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 -0.01893 (N = 10).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 23; JCM: 10; KCTC: 9; NBRC: 7; ATCC: 5; CIP: 3; CGMCC: 3; CCUG: 2; KCCM: 2; MCCC: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 25
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 25
Total number of child taxa: 35

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
Halobacillus aidingensis Liu et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus alkaliphilus Romano et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus amylolyticus Kim et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus andaensis Wang et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Halobacillus blutaparonensis" Barbosa et al. 2006	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
Halobacillus campisalis Yoon et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus dabanensis Liu et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus faecis An et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus fulvus Booncharoen et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus halophilus (Claus et al. 1984) Spring et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Halobacillus herbersteinensis" Ripka 2005	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
"Halobacillus hunanensis" Peng et al. 2009	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
"Halobacillus ihumii" Konate et al. 2020	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
Halobacillus karajensis Amoozegar et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus kuroshimensis Hua et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus litoralis Spring et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus locisalis Yoon et al. 2004	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus mangrovi Soto-Ramírez et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Halobacillus marinus" Panda et al. 2018	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
"Halobacillus massiliensis" Senghor et al. 2017	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
Halobacillus naozhouensis Chen et al. 2012	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus profundi Hua et al. 2007	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Halobacillus rhizosphaerae" Yin et al. 2024	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
Halobacillus salicampi Kim et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus salinarum Kim et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus salinus Yoon et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus salsuginis Chen et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus sediminis Kim et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus seohaensis Yoon et al. 2008	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Halobacillus shinanisalinarum Kim et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Halobacillus styriensis" Ripka 2005	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
"Halobacillus thailandensis" Chaiyanan et al. 1999	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
Halobacillus trueperi Spring et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Halobacillus virgiliensis" Ripka 2005	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
Halobacillus yeomjeoni Yoon et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Bacillaceae Fischer 1895 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ludwig W, Schleifer K-H, Whitman WB. Class I. Bacilli class nov. In: De Vos P, Garrity GM, Jones D, Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Rainey FA, K.-H. S, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 3 (The Firmicutes), Springer, New York, 2009, p. 19-20.

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Genus Halobacillus