Name: Alteribacillus alkaliphilus Azmatunnisa Begum et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.lus N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. alkaliphilus, alkali loving

Type strains: JC229; KCTC 33726; LMG 28999

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16S rRNA gene accession number: HG799487

Valid publication: Azmatunnisa Begum M, Varshini V, Rahul K, Chandana A, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Description of Alteribacillus alkaliphilus sp. nov., reassignment of Bacillus iranensis (Bagheri et al. 2012) as Alteribacillus iranensis comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Alteribacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4772-4778.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Parent taxon: Alteribacillus Didari et al. 2012

Assigned by: Azmatunnisa Begum M, Varshini V, Rahul K, Chandana A, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Description of Alteribacillus alkaliphilus sp. nov., reassignment of Bacillus iranensis (Bagheri et al. 2012) as Alteribacillus iranensis comb. nov. and emended description of the genus Alteribacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4772-4778.

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