Species Bacillus okhensis

Name: Bacillus okhensis Nowlan et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ok.hen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. okhensis, pertaining to Port Okha, a port of the Dwarka region in India, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus ok-HEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1137; DSM 23308; JCM 13040; Kh10-101

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ026060 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nowlan B, Dodia MS, Singh SP, Patel BK. Bacillus okhensis sp. nov., a halotolerant and alkalitolerant bacterium from an Indian saltpan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1073-1077. 🇦🇺

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1719-1720.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Halalkalibacter okhensis (Nowlan et al. 2006) Joshi et al. 2022

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alkalihalobacillus okhensis (Nowlan et al. 2006) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
Halalkalibacter okhensis (Nowlan et al. 2006) Joshi et al. 2022	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 21297; GMBE 72; JCM 15719.
- ❗ Bacillus okhensis 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 Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 4 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
- 🙅 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: Nowlan B, Dodia MS, Singh SP, Patel BK. Bacillus okhensis sp. nov., a halotolerant and alkalitolerant bacterium from an Indian saltpan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:1073-1077. 🇦🇺

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Species Bacillus okhensis