Name: Alkalibacillus salilacus Jeon et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sa.li.lac’us. L. masc. n. sal, salt; L. gen. masc. n. lacus, lake; N.L. gen. masc. n. salilacus, of a salt lake

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BH163; DSM 16460; JCM 13894; KCTC 3916

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY671976 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

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 7 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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