Name: Alkalicoccobacillus gibsonii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Kim et al. 2023

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus gibsonii Nielsen et al. 1995

Etymology: gib.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. gibsonii, referring to Gibson

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 700164; CIP 104720; DSM 8722; KCCM 41407; LMG 17949; PN-109

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X76446 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Kim KH, Han DM, Lee JK, Jeon CO. Alkalicoccobacillus porphyridii sp. nov., isolated from a marine red alga, reclassification of Shouchella plakortidis and Shouchella gibsonii as Alkalicoccobacillus plakortidis comb. nov. and Alkalicoccobacillus gibsonii comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Alkalicoccobacillus Joshi et al. 2022. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6019.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6094.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alkalihalobacillus gibsonii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Shouchella gibsonii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Joshi et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus gibsonii Nielsen et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Alkalicoccobacillus Joshi et al. 2022

Assigned by: Kim KH, Han DM, Lee JK, Jeon CO. Alkalicoccobacillus porphyridii sp. nov., isolated from a marine red alga, reclassification of Shouchella plakortidis and Shouchella gibsonii as Alkalicoccobacillus plakortidis comb. nov. and Alkalicoccobacillus gibsonii comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Alkalicoccobacillus Joshi et al. 2022. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6019.

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Record number: 40058