
Name DOI	10.1601/nm.4865
Name	Bacillus alcalophilus Vedder 1934 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nielsen et al. 1995
Name Status	Validly Published
Current Authority	Vedder 1934 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nielsen et al. 1995
Preferred Name	Alkalihalobacillus alcalophilus
Taxonomic Rank	species
Nomenclatural Type (designated strain)	Refer to the type exemplar.

Taxonomy	10.1601/tx.4865
Type Strain representative organism	Vedder1^T (=DSM 485 =NCTC 4553 =NCIB 10436 =NCIB 8772 =IAM 12461 =NCIMB 10436 =NCIMB 8772 =ATCC 27647)


Proper Form	Bacillus alcalophilus Vedder 1934 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nielsen et al. 1995
Nomenclatural History	The species Bacillus alcalophilus was originally described by Vedder 1934. This name appeared on the Approved Lists of Bacterial Names 1980. Nielsen et al. published an emended description of this species in 1995. In 2020, Patel and Gupta established Bacillus alcalophilus as the basonym of Alkalihalobacillus alcalophilus (Vedder 1934) Patel and Gupta 2020 .

Citation	When referring specifically to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier. Name Abstract for Bacillus alcalophilus Vedder 1934 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Nielsen et al. 1995.April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/nm.4865.
Source File	10.1601/nm.4865.xml


This information was last reviewed on February 13, 2020.

References

Nielsen P, Fritze D, Priest FG. Phenetic diversity of alkaliphilic Bacillus strains: proposal for nine new species. Microbiology 1995; 141:1745-1761.
Patel S, Gupta RS. A phylogenomic and comparative genomic framework for resolving the polyphyly of the genus Bacillus: Proposal for six new genera of Bacillus species, Peribacillus gen. nov., Cytobacillus gen. nov., Mesobacillus gen. nov., Neobacillus gen. nov., Metabacillus gen. nov. and Alkalihalobacillus gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:406-438. https://doi.org/10.1099/ijsem.0.003775 [PubMed].
Vedder A. Bacillus alcalophilus n. sp.; benevens enkele ervaringen met sterk alcalische voedingsbodems. Antonie van Leeuwenhoek 1934; 1:143-147. https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02543931.
Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved Lists of Bacterial Names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-30-1-225.