Name: Alkalibacillus almallahensis Pérez-Davó et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.mal.la.hen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. almallahensis, of al-mallaha, a name of Arabic origin, which gave the name to the township of La Malahá, the place where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: al-mal-la-HEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: CECT 8373; DSM 27545; S1LM8

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MF179558 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Perez-Davo A, Aguilera M, Ramos-Cormenzana A, Monteoliva-Sanchez M. Alkalibacillus almallahensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from an inland solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2066-2071. 🇪🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 64, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2930-2931.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 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. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Alkalibacillus Jeon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Perez-Davo A, Aguilera M, Ramos-Cormenzana A, Monteoliva-Sanchez M. Alkalibacillus almallahensis sp. nov., a halophilic bacterium isolated from an inland solar saltern. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2066-2071. 🇪🇸

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Record number: 791869