Name: Pseudalkalibacillus hwajinpoensis (Yoon et al. 2004) Joshi et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus hwajinpoensis Yoon et al. 2004

Etymology: hwa.jin.po.en’sis. N.L. masc./fem. adj. hwajinpoensis, of Hwajinpo, a beach of the East Sea in Korea, where the type strain was isolated [probably better: hwajinponensis]

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16206; JCM 11807; KCCM 41641; LMG 24749; SW-72

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF541966 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 hwajinpoensis Yoon et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Alkalihalobacillus hwajinpoensis (Yoon et al. 2004) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.00452 (N = 17).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Pseudalkalibacillus 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: 26621