Name: Fictibacillus halophilus Sharma et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AS8; DSM 100124; KCTC 33758; MCC 2765

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP265300 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sharma A, Kohli P, Singh Y, Schumann P, Lal R. Fictibacillus halophilus sp. nov., from a microbial mat of a hot spring atop the Himalayan Range. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2409-2416.

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: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Fictibacillus Glaeser et al. 2013

Assigned by: Sharma A, Kohli P, Singh Y, Schumann P, Lal R. Fictibacillus halophilus sp. nov., from a microbial mat of a hot spring atop the Himalayan Range. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2409-2416.

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Record number: 794191