Species Bacillus hunanensis

Name: Bacillus hunanensis Chen et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: hu.na.nen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. hunanensis, pertaining to Hunan Province, China, the source of the sample from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hu-na-NEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: DSM 23008; JSM 81003; KCTC 13711

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM054473 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Chen YG, Hao DF, Chen QH, Zhang YQ, Liu JB, He JW, Tang SK, Li WJ. Bacillus hunanensis sp. nov., a slightly halophilic bacterium isolated from non-saline forest soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2011; 99:481-488. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 226. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6910.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, belated name

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

Correct name: Shouchella hunanensis (Patel and Gupta 2020) Joshi et al. 2022

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Shouchella hunanensis (Patel and Gupta 2020) Joshi et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Alkalihalobacillus hunanensis Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- ❗ Bacillus hunanensis 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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-12-16.
- 🙅 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: Chen YG, Hao DF, Chen QH, Zhang YQ, Liu JB, He JW, Tang SK, Li WJ. Bacillus hunanensis sp. nov., a slightly halophilic bacterium isolated from non-saline forest soil. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2011; 99:481-488. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 69540

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Species Bacillus hunanensis