Species Bacillus alcalophilus

Name: Bacillus alcalophilus Vedder 1934 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ca.lo’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. alcali, alkali (from the Arabic al the; qaliy soda ash) (indeclinable); N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. alcalophilus, liking alkaline (media)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: 10436; ATCC 27647; BCRC 15419; CCRC 15419; CCUG 28516; CIP 103410; DSM 485; IAM 12461; IFO 15653; JCM 5262; KCTC 1824; LMG 7120; NBRC 15653; NCIB 10436; NCIB 8772; NCIMB 10436; NCIMB 8772; NCTC 4553; NRRL B-14309; NRRL NRS-1548; Vedder 1

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Effective publication: Vedder A. Bacillus alcalophilus n. sp.; benevens enkele ervaringen met sterk alcalische voedingsbodems. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology 1934; 1:141-147.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Alkalihalobacillus alcalophilus (Vedder 1934) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alkalihalobacillus alcalophilus (Vedder 1934) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Emendations:
- Nielsen et al. 1995 Nielsen P, Fritze D, Priest FG. Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species. Microbiology 1995; 141:1745-1761.
  Notes:
  - 🧍 As of 2020-05-28 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus alcalophilus 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 Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — 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 70 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 0
Total number of child taxa: 1

Child taxa:

Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
"Bacillus alcalophilus subsp. halodurans" Boyer et al. 1973	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Vedder A. Bacillus alcalophilus n. sp.; benevens enkele ervaringen met sterk alcalische voedingsbodems. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek Journal of Microbiology and Serology 1934; 1:141-147.

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Species Bacillus alcalophilus