Species Bacillus alkalitelluris

Name: Bacillus alkalitelluris Lee et al. 2008

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li.tel.lu’ris. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); L. gen. fem. n. telluris, of the soil or earth; N.L. gen. fem. n. alkalitelluris, of alkaline soil

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BA288; DSM 16976; KCTC 3947

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY829448 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Lee JC, Lee GS, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Bacillus alkalitelluris sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from sandy soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2629-2634.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:205-206.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Litchfieldia alkalitelluris (Lee et al. 2008) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Litchfieldia alkalitelluris (Lee et al. 2008) Gupta et al. 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. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. 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 alkalitelluris 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 4 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: Lee JC, Lee GS, Park DJ, Kim CJ. Bacillus alkalitelluris sp. nov., an alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from sandy soil. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2629-2634.

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Species Bacillus alkalitelluris