Name: Fervidibacillus halotolerans Yang et al. 2023

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. part. adj. halotolerans, referring to the ability to tolerate high salt concentrations

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JCM 34001; KCTC 43182; MEBiC13594

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: CP106877 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Yang SH, Park MJ, Oh HM, Kwon KK. Description of Fervidibacillus gen. nov. with Two Species, Fervidibacillus albus sp. nov., and Fervidibacillus halotolerans sp. nov., Isolated from Tidal Flat Sediments and Emendation of Misclassificed Taxa in the Genus Caldibacillus. J Microbiol 2023; 61:175-187.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 213. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5997.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• 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. The phrase "valid name" is misleading. 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.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.19102 (N = 14).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Fervidibacillus Yang et al. 2023

Assigned by: Yang SH, Park MJ, Oh HM, Kwon KK. Description of Fervidibacillus gen. nov. with Two Species, Fervidibacillus albus sp. nov., and Fervidibacillus halotolerans sp. nov., Isolated from Tidal Flat Sediments and Emendation of Misclassificed Taxa in the Genus Caldibacillus. J Microbiol 2023; 61:175-187.

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Record number: 36781