Name: "Pseudalkalibacillus macyae" (Santini et al. 2004) Joshi et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus macyae Santini et al. 2004

Etymology: ma’cy.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. macyae, of Macy, named after the late Professor Joan M. Macy, Chair of Microbiology, La Trobe University, in tribute to her research in the area of environmental microbiology

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16346; JCM 12340; JMM-4

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: AY032601 Analyse FASTA

Original 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.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Alkalihalobacillus macyae (Santini et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus macyae Santini et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    "Anaerobacillus macyae" (Santini et al. 2004) Zavarzina et al. 2009	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Alkalihalobacillus macyae (Santini et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

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: 23036