Name: Shouchella lonarensis (Reddy et al. 2015) Joshi et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus lonarensis Reddy et al. 2015

Etymology: lo.nar.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. lonarensis, of or belonging to Lonar lake, India, from where the type strain was isolated

Gender: feminine

Type strain: 25 nlg; CGMCC 1.12817; KCTC 33413; LMG 27974

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HG934297 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. 206. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5422.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Bacillus lonarensis Reddy et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alkalihalobacillus lonarensis (Reddy et al. 2015) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04587 (N = 69).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

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: 29567