Species Bacillus algicola

Name: Bacillus algicola Ivanova et al. 2004

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.gi’co.la. L. fem. n. alga, sea-weed, alga; L. masc./fem. n. suff. -cola, inhabitant, dweller; from L. masc./fem. n. incola, dweller; N.L. masc./fem. n. algicola, alga-dweller

Pronunciation, gender: al-GI-ko-la, masculine

Type strain: CIP 107850; KCTC 13005; KMM 3737

16S rRNA gene: AY228462 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ivanova EP, Alexeeva YA, Zhukova NV, Gorshkova NM, Buljan V, Nicolau DV, Mikhailov VV, Christen R. Bacillus algicola sp. nov., a novel filamentous organism isolated from brown alga Fucus evanescens. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:301-307. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 99. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1425-1426.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Alkalihalobacillus algicola (Ivanova et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
"Pseudalkalibacillus algicola" (Ivanova et al. 2004) Joshi et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published
Guptibacillus algicola (Ivanova et al. 2004) Bello et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Alkalihalobacillus algicola (Ivanova et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Bacillus algicola 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 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 10 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.
- 🧍 In the protologue, the type strains KMM 3737 and CIP 107850 are erroneously cited as KMM 3557 and CIP 107684, respectively. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 98. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:1005-1006.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ivanova EP, Alexeeva YA, Zhukova NV, Gorshkova NM, Buljan V, Nicolau DV, Mikhailov VV, Christen R. Bacillus algicola sp. nov., a novel filamentous organism isolated from brown alga Fucus evanescens. Syst Appl Microbiol 2004; 27:301-307. 🇦🇺

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Species Bacillus algicola