Name: Allobacillus halotolerans Sheu et al. 2011

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerating

Gender: masculine

Type strain: B3A; BCRC 17939; LMG 24826

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: FJ347755 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sheu SY, Arun AB, Jiang SR, Young CC, Chen WM. Allobacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from shrimp paste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1023-1027.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 61, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1765-1766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Allobacillus Sheu et al. 2011. Publication: Sheu SY, Arun AB, Jiang SR, Young CC, Chen WM. Allobacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from shrimp paste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1023-1027.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Allobacillus Sheu et al. 2011

Assigned by: Sheu SY, Arun AB, Jiang SR, Young CC, Chen WM. Allobacillus halotolerans gen. nov., sp. nov. isolated from shrimp paste. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:1023-1027.

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