Name: Guptibacillus hemicentroti (Chen et al. 2011) Bello et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus hemicentroti Chen et al. 2011

Etymology: he.mi.cen.tro’ti. N.L. gen. masc. n. hemicentroti, of Hemicentrotus (Haemicentrotus pulcherrimus, a sea urchin), the source of isolation of the organism

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 23007; JSM 76093; KCTC 13710

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16S rRNA gene: HM460885 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bello S, Rudra B, Schellhorn HE. Phylogenomic studies and molecular markers clarifying the evolutionary relationships and classification of Pseudalkalibacillus species: proposal for the family Guptibacillaceae fam. nov. harbouring the genera Guptibacillus gen. nov. and Exobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6757.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6824.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Correct name: Alkalihalobacillus hemicentroti corrig. (Chen et al. 2011) Patel and Gupta 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Pseudalkalibacillus hemicentroti" (Chen et al. 2011) Joshi et al. 2021	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Bacillus hemicentroti Chen et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alkalihalobacillus haemicentroti (Chen et al. 2011) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, inaccurate spelling
    Alkalihalobacillus hemicentroti corrig. (Chen et al. 2011) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • ❗ Guptibacillus hemicentroti 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 Guptibacillus.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-03.
  • 🙅 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: Guptibacillus Bello et al. 2025

Assigned by: Bello S, Rudra B, Schellhorn HE. Phylogenomic studies and molecular markers clarifying the evolutionary relationships and classification of Pseudalkalibacillus species: proposal for the family Guptibacillaceae fam. nov. harbouring the genera Guptibacillus gen. nov. and Exobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6757.

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Record number: 65250