Species Brevibacterium halotolerans

Name: Brevibacterium halotolerans Delaporte and Sasson 1967 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: bre-wi-bak-TE-ri-um ha-lo-TO-le-rans, neuter

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

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: MN483266 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Delaporte B, Sasson A. Étude de bactéries des sols arides du Maroc: Brevibacterium halotolerans n. sp. et Brevibacterium frigoritolerans n. sp. Compte Rendu de l'Académie des Sciences Paris Séries D 1967; 264:2257-2260.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

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

Risk group: 1

Synonyms:

Name	Kind
Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005	heterotypic 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 halotolerans" (Delaporte and Sasson 1967) Ben-Gad and Gerchman 2017	homotypic synonym, not validly published

Notes:
- ⏲ According to Dunlap et al. (2016), this species is a later heterotypic synonym of Bacillus axarquiensis Ruiz-García et al. 2005 but this is in conflict with the rules of the International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. 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. 🇩🇪
- ❗ Brevibacterium halotolerans 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 Brevibacterium.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 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 9 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 the genus.

Parent taxon: Brevibacterium Breed 1953 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Delaporte B, Sasson A. Étude de bactéries des sols arides du Maroc: Brevibacterium halotolerans n. sp. et Brevibacterium frigoritolerans n. sp. Compte Rendu de l'Académie des Sciences Paris Séries D 1967; 264:2257-2260.

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Species Brevibacterium halotolerans