Name: Halalkalibacterium ligniniphilum (Zhu et al. 2014) Joshi et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus ligniniphilus Zhu et al. 2014

Etymology: li.gni.ni’phi.lum. N.L. neut. n. ligninum, lignin; N.L. masc. adj. suff. -philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. neut. adj. ligniniphilum, lignin-loving, isolated as a lignin degrader with lignin as a single carbon source

Pronunciation, gender: li-n͡gni-NI-p^hi-lum, neuter

Type strain: DSM 26145; JCM 18543; L1

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: JQ044788 Analyse FASTA

Effective 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. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 203. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5167.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alkalihalobacillus ligniniphilus (Zhu et al. 2014) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus ligniniphilus Zhu et al. 2014	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.02506 (N = 81).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 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.

Parent taxon: Halalkalibacterium Joshi et al. 2022

Assigned by: 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. 🇮🇳

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Record number: 26641