Name: Shouchella gibsonii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Joshi et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus gibsonii Nielsen et al. 1995

Etymology: gib.so’ni.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. gibsonii, of Gibson, named after the British bacteriologist Thomas Gibson

Gender: feminine

Type strain: ATCC 700164; CIP 104720; DSM 8722; LMG 17949; PN-­109

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: X76446 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus gibsonii Nielsen et al. 1995	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alkalihalobacillus gibsonii (Nielsen et al. 1995) Gupta et al. 2020	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: 26620