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Genus Shouchella
Name: Shouchella Joshi et al. 2022
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: feminine (stem: Shouchell-)
Type species: Shouchella clausii (Nielsen et al. 1995) 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:
Nielsen P, Fritze D, Priest FG. Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species. Microbiology 1995; 141:1745-1761.
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🚋 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: 11; KCTC: 4; JCM: 4; NCIMB: 3; ATCC: 3; CIP: 2; CCUG: 1; NCCB: 1; KCCM: 1; CGMCC: 1.
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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: 9
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 13
Total number of child taxa: 14
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Child taxa:
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: 26527
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