Name: Tenuibacillus halotolerans Gao et al. 2021

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo.to’le.rans. Gr. masc. n. hals, salt; L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. halotolerans, salt tolerating, referring to the organism’s ability to tolerate high salt concentrations

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: te-nu-i-ba-KIL-lus ha-lo-TO-le-rans, masculine

Type strain: CCTCC AB 2012860; KCTC 33046; YIM 94025

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: JF792128 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Gao XH, Gao S, Zhou Y, Guan HL, Zhang YJ, Jia M, Huang HW, Yang DX, Li WJ, Tang SK. Tenuibacillus halotolerans sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a soil sample from a salt lake in Xinjiang, China and emended description of the genus Tenuibacillus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:207-215. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 198. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4688.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 2, note = "Animal classification RG: 2 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 2". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🙆 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 the species itself.

Parent taxon: Tenuibacillus Ren and Zhou 2005

Assigned by: Gao XH, Gao S, Zhou Y, Guan HL, Zhang YJ, Jia M, Huang HW, Yang DX, Li WJ, Tang SK. Tenuibacillus halotolerans sp. nov., a novel bacterium isolated from a soil sample from a salt lake in Xinjiang, China and emended description of the genus Tenuibacillus. Antonie Van Leeuwenhoek 2013; 103:207-215. 🇨🇳

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Record number: 18916