Name: Alkalihalobacillus phoenicis Schultz et al. 2025
Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.
Etymology: phoe.ni’cis. L. gen. masc. n. phoenicis, of phoenix, isolated from the sur face of the clean room where the Mars Phoenix spacecraft was assem bled
Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-ka-li-ha-lo-ba-KIL-lus pho͡e-NI-kis, masculine
Type strain: 1P02AB; DSM 118404; MTCC 13926
Conduct genome-based taxonomy at
16S rRNA gene:
CP154853
Analyse
FASTA
Effective publication:
Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 
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IJSEM list:
Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Parent taxon: Alkalihalobacillus Patel and Gupta 2020
Assigned by:
Schultz J, Jamil T, Sengupta P, Sivabalan SKM, Rawat A, Patel N, Krishnamurthi S, Alam I, Singh NK, Raman K, et al. Genomic insights into novel extremotolerant bacteria isolated from the NASA Phoenix mission spacecraft assembly cleanrooms. Microbiome 2025; 13:117. 🇸🇦
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