Name: Alkalicoccobacillus murimartini (Borchert et al. 2007) Joshi et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus murimartini Borchert et al. 2007

Etymology: mu.ri.mar.ti’ni. L. masc. n. murus, wall (same stem as mus); N.L. gen. masc. n. martini, of Martin (masc. name of a saint); N.L. gen. masc. n. murimartini, from the wall of the (St.) Martin church in Greene-Kreiensen, Germany

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 19154; LMG 21005; NCIMB 14102

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ316316 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Joshi A, Thite S, Karodi P, Joseph N, Lodha T. Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:722369.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alkalihalobacillus murimartini (Borchert et al. 2007) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus murimartini Borchert et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alkalicoccobacillus Joshi et al. 2022. Publication: Joshi A, Thite S, Karodi P, Joseph N, Lodha T. Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:722369.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.

Parent taxon: Alkalicoccobacillus Joshi et al. 2022

Assigned by: Joshi A, Thite S, Karodi P, Joseph N, Lodha T. Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:722369.

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Record number: 26625