Name: Ornithinibacillus halophilus Bagheri et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ha.lo’phi.lus. Gr. masc. n. hals (gen. halos), salt; Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 27695; G8B; G8B(2010); IBRC M 10683; KCTC 13822

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HQ433440 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bagheri M, Amoozegar MA, Schumann P, Didari M, Mehrshad M, Sproer C, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Ornithinibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-stain-positive, endospore-forming bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:844-848.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1939-1941.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 2

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03052 (N = 92).
  • 😷 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Ornithinibacillus Mayr et al. 2006

Assigned by: Bagheri M, Amoozegar MA, Schumann P, Didari M, Mehrshad M, Sproer C, Sanchez-Porro C, Ventosa A. Ornithinibacillus halophilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic, Gram-stain-positive, endospore-forming bacterium from a hypersaline lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:844-848.

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Record number: 790586