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.nan.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. hunanensis, pertaining to Hunan Province, China, the source of the sample from which the type strain was isolated

Gender: 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

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Bacillus hunanensis" Chen et al. 2011	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Alkalihalobacillus hunanensis Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🎓 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: 26601