Genus Shouchella

Name: Shouchella Joshi et al. 2022

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Shou.chel’la. N.L. fem. dim. n. Shouchella, named after Dr. Yogesh Shouche, an eminent Indian microbiologist and taxonomist who has made a significant contribution in the field of microbial systematics and genomics of extremophilic bacteria from various extreme environments

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Shouchell-), s͡hou-K^HEL-la

Type species: Shouchella clausii (Nielsen et al. 1995) 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: Nielsen P, Fritze D, Priest FG. Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species. Microbiology 1995; 141:1745-1761. 🇩🇪
- 🚋 The type species of this genus has alternatively been placed in the genus Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Madhaiyan M, Poonguzhali S, Lee JS, Lee KC, Hari K. Bacillus rhizosphaerae sp. nov., an novel diazotrophic bacterium isolated from sugarcane rhizosphere soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2011; 100:437-444. 🇮🇳
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Shoucella".
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 12; LMG: 7; KCTC: 4; JCM: 4; NCIMB: 3; ATCC: 3; MTCC: 2; CIP: 2; CGMCC: 1; NCCB: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 15

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Shouchella alkalilacus" (Singh et al. 2018) Joshi et al. 2021	not validly published	synonym
Shouchella clausii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Shouchella gibsonii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Shouchella hunanensis (Patel and Gupta 2020) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Shouchella lehensis (Ghosh et al. 2007) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Shouchella lonarensis (Reddy et al. 2015) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Shouchella miscanthi (Shin et al. 2020) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Shouchella oshimensis (Yumoto et al. 2005) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Shouchella patagoniensis (Olivera et al. 2005) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
"Shouchella phoenicis" Schultz et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
Shouchella plakortidis (Borchert et al. 2007) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Shouchella rhizosphaerae (Madhaiyan et al. 2013) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
Shouchella shacheensis (Lei et al. 2014) Joshi et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Shouchella tritolerans Xie et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
Shouchella xiaoxiensis (Chen et al. 2011) 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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Genus Shouchella