Species Bacillus halophilus

Name: Bacillus halophilus Ventosa et al. 1990

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC 49085; CCM 4074; DSM 4771; HAMBI 2106; JCM 12305; LMG 17942; N23-2; NBRC 102426

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB021188 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ventosa A, Garcia MT, Kamekura M, Onishi H, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Bacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Bacillus species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:162-165.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 32. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1990; 40:105-106.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Salimicrobium halophilum (Ventosa et al. 1990) Yoon et al. 2007

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Salimicrobium halophilum (Ventosa et al. 1990) Yoon et al. 2007	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus halophilus 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 3 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: Ventosa A, Garcia MT, Kamekura M, Onishi H, Ruiz-Berraquero F. Bacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic Bacillus species. Syst. Appl. Microbiol. 1989; 12:162-165.

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Species Bacillus halophilus