Alkalibacillus


Alkalibacillus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota.

Etymology

The name Alkalibacillus derives from:
Neo-Latin noun alkali, alkali; Latin masculine gender noun bacillus, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Alkalibacillus, bacillus living under alkaline conditions.

Classification

The genus contains 8 species, namelyA. aidingensis Li et al. 2021A. almallahensis Perez-Dav et al. 2014A. filiformis Romano et al. 2005 A. flavidus Yoon et al. 2010 A. haloalkaliphilus Jeon et al. 2005 ; , salt; Neo-Latin noun alkali A. halophilus Tian et al. 2009 , salt; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective philus A. salilacus Jeon et al. 2005 A. silvisoli Usami et al. 2007

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature and National Center for Biotechnology Information.