Name: "Shouchella alkalilacus" (Singh et al. 2018) Joshi et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus alkalilacus Singh et al. 2018

Etymology: al.ka.li.la’cus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (from Arabic al the; qaliy soda ash) (indeclinable); L. gen. masc. n. lacus, a lake; N.L. gen. masc. n. alkalilacus, of an alkaline lake

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AK73; JCM 32184; KCTC 33880; MTCC 12637

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: LT844663 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 alkalilacus (Singh et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Alkalihalobacillus alkalilacus (Singh et al. 2018) Gupta et al. 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus alkalilacus Singh et al. 2018	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

Parent taxon: Shouchella 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: 23044