Name: Alkalibacillus halophilus Tian et al. 2009

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ha-LO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 17369; KCTC 3990; YIM 12

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: DQ359731 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Tian XP, Dastager SG, Lee JC, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Park DJ, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Alkalibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a new halophilic species isolated from hypersaline soil in Xin-Jiang province, China. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:268-272. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 129. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:2129-2130.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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.
  • 🧍 In the paper by Tian et al. 2009, the GenBank accession number for the sequence of the type strain is erroneously cited as DQ377742. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592. 🇫🇷

Parent taxon: Alkalibacillus Jeon et al. 2005

Assigned by: Tian XP, Dastager SG, Lee JC, Tang SK, Zhang YQ, Park DJ, Kim CJ, Li WJ. Alkalibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a new halophilic species isolated from hypersaline soil in Xin-Jiang province, China. Syst Appl Microbiol 2007; 30:268-272. 🇨🇳

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