Name: Halalkalibacillus halophilus Echigo et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: BH2; DSM 18494; JCM 14192

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB264529 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Echigo A, Fukushima T, Mizuki T, Kamekura M, Usami R. Halalkalibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a non-saline soil sample in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1081-1085.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1675-1676.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halalkalibacillus Echigo et al. 2007. Publication: Echigo A, Fukushima T, Mizuki T, Kamekura M, Usami R. Halalkalibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a non-saline soil sample in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1081-1085.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Halalkalibacillus Echigo et al. 2007

Assigned by: Echigo A, Fukushima T, Mizuki T, Kamekura M, Usami R. Halalkalibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a non-saline soil sample in Japan. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1081-1085.

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