Halalkalibacillus

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Halalkalibacillus

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Number of species cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Halalkalibacillus Echigo et al. 2007, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Halalkalibacillus halophilus Echigo et al. 2007.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; Arabic n. al qaliy, soda ash; L. masc. n. bacillus, rod; N.L. masc. n. Halalkalibacillus, briny and alkaline media loving rods.
Reference: ECHIGO (A.), FUKUSHIMA (T.), MIZUKI (T.), KAMEKURA (M.) and USAMI (R.): Halalkalibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a non-saline soil sample in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1081-1085.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Halalkalibacillus halophilus Echigo et al. 2007, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain BH2 = DSM 18494 = JCM 14192.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB264529.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt loving.
Reference: ECHIGO (A.), FUKUSHIMA (T.), MIZUKI (T.), KAMEKURA (M.) and USAMI (R.): Halalkalibacillus halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel moderately halophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a non-saline soil sample in Japan. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 1081-1085.
Original article in IJSEM Online