Species Bacillus lonarensis

Name: Bacillus lonarensis Reddy et al. 2015

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: lo.na.ren’sis. N.L. masc. adj. lonarensis, of or belonging to Lonar lake, India, from where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation, gender: lo-na-REN-sis, masculine

Type strain: 25 nlg; CGMCC 1.12817; KCTC 33413; LMG 27974

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HG934297 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Reddy SV, Thirumala M, Farooq M, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Bacillus lonarensis sp. nov., an alkalitolerant bacterium isolated from a soda lake. Arch Microbiol 2015; 197:27-34. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 163. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1105-1111.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Shouchella lonarensis (Reddy et al. 2015) Joshi et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alkalihalobacillus lonarensis (Reddy et al. 2015) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Shouchella lonarensis (Reddy et al. 2015) Joshi et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- ❗ Bacillus lonarensis 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 1 time 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: Reddy SV, Thirumala M, Farooq M, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Bacillus lonarensis sp. nov., an alkalitolerant bacterium isolated from a soda lake. Arch Microbiol 2015; 197:27-34. 🇮🇳

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Species Bacillus lonarensis