Species Bacillus akibai

Name: Bacillus akibai Nogi et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: a.ki’ba.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. akibai, of Akiba, named after the Japanese microbiologist Teruhiko Akiba, who made fundamental contributions to the study of alkaliphilic bacteria

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … a-KI-ba-i, masculine

Type strain: 1139; ATCC 43226; DSM 21942; JCM 9157

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16S rRNA gene: AB043858 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nogi Y, Takami H, Horikoshi K. Characterization of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains used in industry: proposal of five novel species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2309-2315. 🇯🇵

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:319-321.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym (and not recommended for medical use)

Correct name: Halalkalibacter akibai (Nogi et al. 2005) Joshi et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Halalkalibacter akibai (Nogi et al. 2005) Joshi et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Alkalihalobacillus akibai (Nogi et al. 2005) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus akibai is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Bacillus.
- 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 7 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
- 🙅 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as a synonym of 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: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Nogi Y, Takami H, Horikoshi K. Characterization of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains used in industry: proposal of five novel species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:2309-2315. 🇯🇵

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Species Bacillus akibai