Species Bacillus alkalilacus

Name: Bacillus alkalilacus Singh et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’la.cus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, the ashes of saltwort (from the Arabic word al-qaliy) (indeclinable); L. gen. masc. n. lacus, a lake; N.L. gen. masc. n. alkalilacus, of an alkaline lake

Pronunciation, gender: al-ka-LI-la-kus, masculine

Type strain: AK73; JCM 32184; KCTC 33880; MTCC 12637

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: LT844663 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Singh H, Kaur M, Sharma S, Kaur L, Mishra S, Tanuku NRS, Pinnaka AK. Bacillus alkalilacus sp. nov., isolated from a sediment sample from a lake in India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1665-1671. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2413-2415.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Alkalihalobacillus alkalilacus (Singh et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alkalihalobacillus alkalilacus (Singh et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Shouchella alkalilacus" (Singh et al. 2018) Joshi et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus alkalilacus 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.
- 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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: Singh H, Kaur M, Sharma S, Kaur L, Mishra S, Tanuku NRS, Pinnaka AK. Bacillus alkalilacus sp. nov., isolated from a sediment sample from a lake in India. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1665-1671. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 797693

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Species Bacillus alkalilacus