Species Ornithinibacillus halophilus

Name: Ornithinibacillus halophilus Bagheri et al. 2013

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

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

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: or-ni-t^hi-ni-ba-KIL-lus ha-LO-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: DSM 27695; G8B; G8B(2010); IBRC M 10683; KCTC 13822

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ433440 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bagheri M, Amoozegar MA, Schumann P, Didari M, Mehrshad M, Sproer C, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Ornithinibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-stain-positive, endospore-forming bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:844-848. 🇮🇷

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

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

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03052 (N = 95).
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — 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 4 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 the species itself.

Parent taxon: Ornithinibacillus Mayr et al. 2006

Assigned by: Bagheri M, Amoozegar MA, Schumann P, Didari M, Mehrshad M, Sproer C, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Ornithinibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-stain-positive, endospore-forming bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:844-848. 🇮🇷

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Record number: 790586