Name: Alkalicoccus saliphilus (Romano et al. 2005) Zhao et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus saliphilus Romano et al. 2005

Etymology: sa.li’phi.lus. L. masc. n. sal, salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. saliphilus, loving salt

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 6AG; ATCC BAA-957; DSM 15402

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ493660 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhao B, Lu W, Zhang S, Liu K, Yan Y, Li J. Reclassification of Bacillus saliphilus as Alkalicoccus saliphilus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Alkalicoccus halolimnae sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1557-1563.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2495-2498.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus saliphilus Romano et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alkalicoccus Zhao et al. 2017. Publication: Zhao B, Lu W, Zhang S, Liu K, Yan Y, Li J. Reclassification of Bacillus saliphilus as Alkalicoccus saliphilus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Alkalicoccus halolimnae sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1557-1563.
  • 😢 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Alkalicoccus Zhao et al. 2017

Assigned by: Zhao B, Lu W, Zhang S, Liu K, Yan Y, Li J. Reclassification of Bacillus saliphilus as Alkalicoccus saliphilus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Alkalicoccus halolimnae sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1557-1563.

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