Name: Litchfieldia salsa corrig. (Amoozegar et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2020

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus salsus Amoozegar et al. 2013

Etymology: sal’sa. L. fem. part. adj. salsa, salty

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … SAL-sa, feminine

Type strain: A24; CIP 110635; IBRC M 10078; KCTC 13816

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ433466 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 70, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4645.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus salsus Amoozegar et al. 2013	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Litchfieldia salsus (Amoozegar et al. 2013) Gupta et al. 2020	other spelling of name, inaccurate spelling

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.09414 (N = 73).
  • 🎓 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.
  • 🧍 See also Gupta et al. (2020). Publication: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Erratum: Robust demarcation of seventeen distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the subtilis and cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:6531-6533. 🇨🇦

Parent taxon: Litchfieldia Gupta et al. 2020

Assigned by: Gupta RS, Patel S, Saini N, Chen S. Robust demarcation of 17 distinct Bacillus species clades, proposed as novel Bacillaceae genera, by phylogenomics and comparative genomic analyses: description of Robertmurraya kyonggiensis sp. nov. and proposal for an emended genus Bacillus limiting it only to the members of the Subtilis and Cereus clades of species. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5753-5798. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 18333