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Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Rarely used categories

Species Alkalihalobacillus alcalophilus

Name: Alkalihalobacillus alcalophilus (Vedder 1934) Patel and Gupta 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus alcalophilus Vedder 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: al.ca.lo’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (from the Arabic al the; qaliy soda ash) (indeclinable); N.L. neut. adj. suff. -philum, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. alcalophilus, liking alkaline (media)

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-ka-li-ha-lo-ba-KIL-lus al-ka-LO-phi-lus, masculine

Type strain: 10436; ATCC 27647; BCRC 15419; CCRC 15419; CCUG 28516; CIP 103410; DSM 485; IAM 12461; IFO 15653; JCM 5262; KCTC 1824; LMG 7120; NBRC 15653; NCIB 10436; NCIB 8772; NCIMB 10436; NCIMB 8772; NCTC 4553; NRRL B-14309; NRRL NRS-1548; Vedder 1

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16S rRNA gene: X76436 Analysetree FASTA download

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: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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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Record number: 5933

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