Name: Pseudalkalibacillus decolorationis (Heyrman et al. 2003) Joshi et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus decolorationis (Heyrman et al. 2003) Heyrman et al. 2003

Etymology: de.co.lo.ra.ti.o’nis. L. gen. fem. n. decolorationis, of discoloration

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14890; LMG 19507

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ315075 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 decolorationis (Heyrman et al. 2003) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus decolorationis (Heyrman et al. 2003) Heyrman et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Pseudalkalibacillus Joshi et al. 2022. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time 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: Pseudalkalibacillus 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: 26619