Name: Alkalihalobacterium alkalicellulosilyticum corrig. (Liu et al. 2022) Li et al. 2024

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus alkalicellulosilyticus Liu et al. 2022

Etymology: al.ka.li.cel.lu.lo.si.ly’ti.cum. N.L. neut. adj. cellulosilyticum, cellulose-dissolving; N.L. neut. adj. alkalicellulosilyticum, alkaline cellulose dissolving

Pronunciation, gender: al-ka-li-kel-lu-lo-si-LY-ti-kum, neuter

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2016196; DSM 104630; FJAT 44921

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16S rRNA gene: KY640613 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 74, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6619.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus alkalicellulosilyticus Liu et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alkalihalobacterium alkalicellulosilyticus (Liu et al. 2022) Li et al. 2024	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🙂 Spelling correction conducted by LPSN on 2024-12-04.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-12-10.
  • 🙆 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: Alkalihalobacterium Joshi et al. 2022

Assigned by: Li Y, Zhang D, Bo D, Peng D, Sun M, Zheng J. A taxonomic note on the order Caryophanales: description of 12 novel families and emended description of 21 families. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2024; 74:6539.

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Record number: 55569