Species ***Bacillus* *halotolerans***

Name: Bacillus halotolerans (Delaporte and Sasson 1967) Tindall 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Brevibacterium halotolerans Delaporte and Sasson 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. N.L. masc. part. adj. halotolerans, salt-tolerant

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus ha-lo-TO-le-rans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC 25096; CIP 67.21; DSM 8802; JCM 12400

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN483266 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tindall BJ. The consequences of Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-Garcia et al. 2005, Bacillus malacitensis Ruiz-Garcia et al. 2005 and Brevibacterium halotolerans Delaporte and Sasson 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) being treated as heterotypic synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:175-176. 🇩🇪

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:765-766.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Bacillus malacitensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Brevibacterium halotolerans Delaporte and Sasson 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
"Bacillus halotolerans" (Delaporte and Sasson 1967) Ben-Gad and Gerchman 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Dunlap et al. (2016), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Publication: Dunlap CA, Bowman MJ, Schisler DA, Rooney AP. Genome analysis shows Bacillus axarquiensis is not a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus mojavensis; reclassification of Bacillus malacitensis and Brevibacterium halotolerans as heterotypic synonyms of Bacillus axarquiensis. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2438-2443. 🇺🇸
- ⏰ According to Tindall (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005. Publication: Tindall BJ. The consequences of Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-Garcia et al. 2005, Bacillus malacitensis Ruiz-Garcia et al. 2005 and Brevibacterium halotolerans Delaporte and Sasson 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) being treated as heterotypic synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:175-176. 🇩🇪
- ⏰ According to Tindall (2017), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus malacitensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005. Publication: Tindall BJ. The consequences of Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-Garcia et al. 2005, Bacillus malacitensis Ruiz-Garcia et al. 2005 and Brevibacterium halotolerans Delaporte and Sasson 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) being treated as heterotypic synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:175-176. 🇩🇪
- ⏰ According to Tindall (2017), this species is not an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus mojavensis Roberts et al. 1994. Publication: Tindall BJ. The consequences of Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-Garcia et al. 2005, Bacillus malacitensis Ruiz-Garcia et al. 2005 and Brevibacterium halotolerans Delaporte and Sasson 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) being treated as heterotypic synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:175-176. 🇩🇪
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.24316 (N = 70).
- 😷 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 85 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Tindall BJ. The consequences of Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-Garcia et al. 2005, Bacillus malacitensis Ruiz-Garcia et al. 2005 and Brevibacterium halotolerans Delaporte and Sasson 1967 (Approved Lists 1980) being treated as heterotypic synonyms. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:175-176. 🇩🇪

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Species ***Bacillus* *halotolerans***