Name: Alkalibacillus haloalkaliphilus (Fritze 1996) Jeon et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus haloalkaliphilus Fritze 1996

Etymology: hal.o.al.ka.li’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. haloalkaliphilus, loving briny and alkaline media

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700606; CIP 106702; DSM 5271; JCM 12303; LMG 17943; NBRC 103110; WN13

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16S rRNA gene: AB681948 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Jeon CO, Lim JM, Lee JM, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ. Reclassification of Bacillus haloalkaliphilus Fritze 1996 as Alkalibacillus haloalkaliphilus gen. nov., comb. nov. and the description of Alkalibacillus salilacus sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1891-1896.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus haloalkaliphilus Fritze 1996	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alkalibacillus Jeon et al. 2005. Publication: Jeon CO, Lim JM, Lee JM, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ. Reclassification of Bacillus haloalkaliphilus Fritze 1996 as Alkalibacillus haloalkaliphilus gen. nov., comb. nov. and the description of Alkalibacillus salilacus sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1891-1896.
  • 😷 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". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Alkalibacillus Jeon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Jeon CO, Lim JM, Lee JM, Xu LH, Jiang CL, Kim CJ. Reclassification of Bacillus haloalkaliphilus Fritze 1996 as Alkalibacillus haloalkaliphilus gen. nov., comb. nov. and the description of Alkalibacillus salilacus sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in China. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1891-1896.

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