Species Bacillus urumqiensis

Name: Bacillus urumqiensis Zhang et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.rum.qi.en’sis. N.L. masc. adj. urumqiensis, pertaining to Urumqi, in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region of China, where the species was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ba-KIL-lus u-rum-qi-EN-sis, masculine

Type strain: BZ-SZ-XJ18; DSM 29145; JCM 30195

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KM066107 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhang S, Li Z, Yan Y, Zhang C, Li J, Zhao B. Bacillusurumqiensis sp. nov., a moderately haloalkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2305-2312. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 6 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3765-3767.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Alkalicoccus urumqiensis (Zhang et al. 2016) Gupta et al. 2020

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Alkalicoccus urumqiensis (Zhang et al. 2016) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Notes:
- 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
- ❗ Bacillus urumqiensis 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 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 1 time 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: Zhang S, Li Z, Yan Y, Zhang C, Li J, Zhao B. Bacillusurumqiensis sp. nov., a moderately haloalkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2305-2312. 🇺🇸

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