Species Alkalihalobacillus akibai

Name: Alkalihalobacillus akibai (Nogi et al. 2005) Patel and Gupta 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus akibai Nogi et al. 2005

Etymology: a.ki’ba.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. akibai, of Akiba, named after the Japanese microbiologist Teruhiko Akiba, who made fundamental contributions to the study of alkaliphilic bacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-ka-li-ha-lo-ba-KIL-lus a-KI-ba-i, masculine

Type strain: 1139; ATCC 43226; DSM 21942; JCM 9157

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16S rRNA gene: AB043858 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Patel S, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and comparative genomic framework for resolving the polyphyly of the genus Bacillus: Proposal for six new genera of Bacillus species, Peribacillus gen. nov., Cytobacillus gen. nov., Mesobacillus gen. nov., Neobacillus gen. nov., Metabacillus gen. nov. and Alkalihalobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:406-438. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:2167-2173.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Halalkalibacter akibai (Nogi et al. 2005) Joshi et al. 2022

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Halalkalibacter akibai (Nogi et al. 2005) Joshi et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Bacillus akibai Nogi et al. 2005	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Alkalihalobacillus akibai is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Alkalihalobacillus.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Alkalihalobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020

Assigned by: Patel S, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and comparative genomic framework for resolving the polyphyly of the genus Bacillus: Proposal for six new genera of Bacillus species, Peribacillus gen. nov., Cytobacillus gen. nov., Mesobacillus gen. nov., Neobacillus gen. nov., Metabacillus gen. nov. and Alkalihalobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:406-438. 🇨🇦

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