Name: "Thermalkalibacillus uzonensis" Zhao et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: u.zo.nen’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. uzonensis, pertaining to the isolation habitate Uzon Caldera, east of Mt Uzon in Kamchatka (Far East Russia)

Gender: masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1258; DSM 17740; JW/WZ-YB58

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: DQ221694 Analyse FASTA

Original publication: Zhao W, Weber C, Zhang CL, Romanek CS, King GM, Mills G, Sokolova T, Wiegel J. Thermalkalibacillus uzonensis gen. nov. sp. nov, a novel aerobic alkali-tolerant thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka. Extremophiles 2006; 10:337-345.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: synonym (and no standing)

Correct name: Caldalkalibacillus uzonensis Zhao et al. 2008

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Caldalkalibacillus uzonensis Zhao et al. 2008	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Thermalkalibacillus" Zhao et al. 2006. Publication: Zhao W, Weber C, Zhang CL, Romanek CS, King GM, Mills G, Sokolova T, Wiegel J. Thermalkalibacillus uzonensis gen. nov. sp. nov, a novel aerobic alkali-tolerant thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka. Extremophiles 2006; 10:337-345.

Parent taxon: "Thermalkalibacillus" Zhao et al. 2006

Assigned by: Zhao W, Weber C, Zhang CL, Romanek CS, King GM, Mills G, Sokolova T, Wiegel J. Thermalkalibacillus uzonensis gen. nov. sp. nov, a novel aerobic alkali-tolerant thermophilic bacterium isolated from a hot spring in Uzon Caldera, Kamchatka. Extremophiles 2006; 10:337-345.

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Record number: 801330