Alkalibacillus

Alkalibacillus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Alkalibacillus Jeon et al. 2005 [1]
Type species
Alkalibacillus haloalkaliphilus (Fritze 1996) Jeon et al. 2005
Species
See text

Alkalibacillus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria). ^[1]

Etymology

The name Alkalibacillus derives from:
Neo-Latin noun alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic noun qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; Latin masculine gender noun bacillus, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Alkalibacillus, bacillus living under alkaline conditions. ^[1]

Classification

The genus contains 8 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely ^[1]

• A. aidingensis Li et al. 2021
• A. almallahensis Perez-Dav et al. 2014
• A. filiformis Romano et al. 2005 (Latin noun filum, a thread; Latin suff. -formis (from Latin noun forma, figure, shape, appearance), -like, in the shape of; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective filiformis, thread-shaped.) ^[2]
• A. flavidus Yoon et al. 2010 (Latin masculine gender adjective flavidus, pale yellow.) ^[3]
• A. haloalkaliphilus (Fritze 1996) Jeon et al. 2005 (Type species of the genus); (Greek noun hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; Neo-Latin noun alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic noun qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; Greek adjective φίλος loving; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective haloalkaliphilus, loving briny) ^[4]
• A. halophilus Tian et al. 2009 (Greek noun hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective philus (from Greek masculine gender adjective φίλος), friend, loving; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective halophilus, salt-loving.) ^[5]
• A. salilacus Jeon et al. 2005 (Latin noun salsalis, salt; Latin noun lacus -us, lake; Neo-Latin genitive case noun salilacus, of a salt lake.) ^[4]
• A. silvisoli Usami et al. 2007 (Latin noun silva, forest; Latin noun solum, soil; Neo-Latin genitive case noun silvisoli, of forest soil, the source of isolation of the type strain.) ^[6]

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) ^[1] and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI). ^[7]

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024 [8] [9] [10]	120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS220 [11] [12] [13]
Alkalibacillus A. aidingensis Li et al. 2022 A. haloalkaliphilus (Fritze 1996) Jeon et al. 2005 A. filiformis Romano et al. 2005 A. silvisoli Usami et al. 2007 A. flavidus Yoon et al. 2010 A. salilacus Jeon et al. 2005 A. almallahensis Perez-Davo et al. 2014 A. halophilus Tian et al. 2009	Alkalibacillus A. aidingensis A. haloalkaliphilus A. filiformis A. almallahensis A. salilacus

See also

• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera

References

1. J.P. Euzéby. "Alkalibacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
2. "Alkalibacillus filiformis sp. nov., isolated from a mineral pool in Campania, Italy -- Romano et al. 55 (6): 2395 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
3. Yoon, J. -H.; Kang, S. -J.; Jung, Y. -T.; Lee, M. -H.; Oh, T. -K. (2009). "Alkalibacillus flavidus sp. Nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (2): 434–438. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.013003-0 . PMID   19651725.
4. "Reclassification of Bacillus haloalkaliphilus Fritze 1996 as Alkalibacillus haloalkaliphilus gen. nov., comb. Nov. And the description of Alkalibacillus salilacus sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in China -- Jeon et al. 55 (5): 1891 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
5. Oren, A.; Garrity, G. M. (2009). "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (9): 2129–2130. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.017988-0. PMC   5817221 . PMID   28891789.
6. Usami, R.; Echigo, A.; Fukushima, T.; Mizuki, T.; Yoshida, Y.; Kamekura, M. (2007). "Alkalibacillus silvisoli sp. Nov., an alkaliphilic moderate halophile isolated from non-saline forest soil in Japan". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (4): 770–774. doi: 10.1099/ijs.0.64713-0 . PMID   17392204.
7. Sayers; et al. "Alkalibacillus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
8. "The LTP" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
9. "LTP_all tree in newick format" . Retrieved 10 December 2024.
10. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
11. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
12. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.
13. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database . Retrieved 10 May 2024.