Name: Halalkalibacter krulwichiae (Yumoto et al. 2003) Joshi et al. 2022

Category: Species

Proposed as: comb. nov.

Basonym: Bacillus krulwichiae Yumoto et al. 2003

Etymology: krul.wich’i.ae. N.L. gen. fem. n. krulwichiae, of Krulwich, named after American microbiologist Terry A. Krulwich who made fundamental contributions to the study of alkaliphilic bacteria

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AM31D; DSM 18225; IAM 15000; JCM 11691; NBRC 102362; NCIMB 13904

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB086897 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
    Alkalihalobacillus krulwichiae (Yumoto et al. 2003) Patel and Gupta 2020	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Bacillus krulwichiae Yumoto et al. 2003	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Halalkalibacter Joshi et al. 2022. 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 0 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Halalkalibacter 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: 26622