Species Halalkalibacter okhensis

Name: Halalkalibacter okhensis (Nowlan et al. 2006) Joshi et al. 2022

Category, proposed as: species, comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus okhensis Nowlan et al. 2006

Etymology: ok.hen’sis. N.L. masc. adj. okhensis, pertaining to Port Okha, a port of the Dwarka region in India, where the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: hal-al-ka-li-BAK-ter ok-HEN-sis, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1137; DSM 23308; JCM 13040; Kh10-101

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ026060 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Joshi A, Thite S, Karodi P, Joseph N, Lodha T. Corrigendum: Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:871596. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 206. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5422.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alkalihalobacillus okhensis (Nowlan et al. 2006) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus okhensis Nowlan et al. 2006	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 😩 Deposits incorrectly indicated in some sources as representing the type strain of this taxon: DSM 21297; GMBE 72; JCM 15719.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.05061 (N = 90).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as 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.
  • 🧍 See also Joshi et al. (2021). Publication: Joshi A, Thite S, Karodi P, Joseph N, Lodha T. Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2021; 12:722369. 🇮🇳

Parent taxon: Halalkalibacter Joshi et al. 2022

Assigned by: Joshi A, Thite S, Karodi P, Joseph N, Lodha T. Corrigendum: Alkalihalobacterium elongatum gen. nov. sp. nov.: An Antibiotic-Producing Bacterium Isolated From Lonar Lake and Reclassification of the Genus Alkalihalobacillus Into Seven Novel Genera. Front Microbiol 2022; 13:871596. 🇮🇳

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