Name: Shouchella hunanensis (Patel and Gupta 2020) Joshi et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Alkalihalobacillus hunanensis Patel and Gupta 2020

Etymology: hu.na.nen’sis. N.L. fem. adj. hunanensis, pertaining to Hunan Province, China, the source of the sample from which the type strain was isolated

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … hu-na-NEN-sis, feminine

Type strain: DSM 23008; JSM 81003; KCTC 13711

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM054473 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
    Bacillus hunanensis Chen et al. 2025	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP, belated name
    Alkalihalobacillus hunanensis Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times 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: 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: 26601