Species "Bacillus halotolerans"

Name: "Bacillus halotolerans" Ben-Gad and Gerchman 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: to’le.rans ha.lo.to’le.rans Gr. masc. n. [ἅλς ἁλός] hals (gen. halos), salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. halotolerans, tolerating salt

Gender: masculine

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

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16S rRNA gene: MN483266 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Ben-Gad D, Gerchman Y. Reclassification of Brevibacterium halotolerans DSM8802 as Bacillus halotolerans comb. nov. Based on Microbial and Biochemical Characterization and Multiple Gene Sequence. Curr Microbiol 2017; 74:1-5.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Correct name: Bacillus halotolerans (Delaporte and Sasson 1967) Tindall 2017

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Brevibacterium halotolerans Delaporte and Sasson 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Bacillus malacitensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Bacillus halotolerans (Delaporte and Sasson 1967) Tindall 2017	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- According to Dunlap et al. (2016), this species is an earlier heterotypic synonym of Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005. 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.

Parent taxon: Bacillus Cohn 1872 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Ben-Gad D, Gerchman Y. Reclassification of Brevibacterium halotolerans DSM8802 as Bacillus halotolerans comb. nov. Based on Microbial and Biochemical Characterization and Multiple Gene Sequence. Curr Microbiol 2017; 74:1-5.

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