Name: Desertibacillus haloalkaliphilus Bhatt et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.al.ka.li’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; Arabic masc. n. al-qalyi, soda ash; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. haloalkaliphilus, loving briny and alkaline media

Gender: masculine

Type strain: KCTC 33878; KJ1-10-99; LMG 29918

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KC989945 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bhatt HB, Azmatunnisa Begum M, Chintalapati S, Chintalapati VR, Singh SP. Desertibacillus haloalkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a saline desert. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4435-4442.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:471-473.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desertibacillus Bhatt et al. 2017. Publication: Bhatt HB, Azmatunnisa Begum M, Chintalapati S, Chintalapati VR, Singh SP. Desertibacillus haloalkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a saline desert. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4435-4442.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Desertibacillus Bhatt et al. 2017

Assigned by: Bhatt HB, Azmatunnisa Begum M, Chintalapati S, Chintalapati VR, Singh SP. Desertibacillus haloalkaliphilus gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a saline desert. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:4435-4442.

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Record number: 796212