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Halobacillus

Halobacillus is a bacterial genus from the family of Bacillaceae. Halobacillus species are gram positive, oxidase positive, catalase negative, rod shaped marine bacteria. S.I. Paul et al. (2021) isolated and characterized two species of Halobacillus from marine sponges of the Saint Martin's Island of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh. Single colonies are pin headed in sized and opaque in color.

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Halobacillus
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Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Halobacillaceae
Genus: Halobacillus
Spring et al. 19961
Type species
Halobacillus halophilus1
(Claus et al. 1984) Spring et al. 1996
Species

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Halobacillus is a bacterial genus from the family of Bacillaceae.123 Halobacillus species are gram positive, oxidase positive, catalase negative, rod shaped marine bacteria.3 S.I. Paul et al. (2021)3 isolated and characterized two species of Halobacillus (Halobacillus kuroshimensis and Halobacillus karajensis) from marine sponges (phylum: porifera) of the Saint Martin's Island of the Bay of Bengal, Bangladesh.3 Single colonies are pin headed (very small) in sized and opaque in color.3

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)4 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI).5

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024678 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS22091011
Halobacillus~1

H. locisalis Yoon et al. 2004

H. salicampi Kim et al. 2016

Halobacillus~

H. kuroshimensis Hua et al. 2007

H. sediminis Kim et al. 2015

Halobacillus~2

H. mangrovi Soto-Ramírez et al. 2008

H. karajensis Amoozegar et al. 2003

H. litoralis Spring et al. 1996

H. profundi Hua et al. 2007

H. dabanensis Liu et al. 2005

H. aidingensis Liu et al. 2005

H. trueperi Spring et al. 1996

H. faecis An et al. 2007

H. yeomjeoni Yoon et al. 2005

Halobacillus

H. campisalis Yoon et al. 2007

H. seohaensis Yoon, Kang & Oh 2008

H. alkaliphilus Romano et al. 2008

H. halophilus (Claus et al. 1984) Spring et al. 1996

H. fulvus Booncharoen et al. 2021

H. salinus Yoon, Kang & Park 2003

H. andaensis Wang et al. 2015

H. salsuginis Chen et al. 2009

H. naozhouensis Chen et al. 2012

H. amylolyticus Kim et al. 2023

H. shinanisalinarum Kim et al. 2023

Halobacillus salinarum Kim et al. 2023

Salimicrobium

Halobacillus

H. naozhouensis

"H. hunanensis" Peng et al. 2009

"H. ihumii" Konate et al. 2020

"H. massiliensis" Senghor et al. 2017

H. andaensis

H. campisalis

H. alkaliphilus

H. halophilus

H. mangrovi

H. yeomjeoni

H. fulvus

H. locisalis

H. salinus

H. kuroshimensis

H. dabanensis

H. karajensis

H. trueperi [incl. H. aidingensis]

H. faecis

H. litoralis

Unassigned species:

  • "H. blutaparonensis" Barbosa et al. 2006
  • "H. herbersteinensis" Ripka et al. 2005
  • "H. marinus" Panda et al. 2018
  • "H. rhizosphaerae" Yin et al. 2024
  • "H. styriensis" Ripka 2005
  • "H. thailandensis" Chaiyanan et al. 1999
  • "H. virgiliensis" Ripka et al. 2005
See also

See also

References

References

  1. LPSN lpsn.dsmz.de
  2. UniProt
  3. Paul, Sulav Indra; Rahman, Md. Mahbubur; Salam, Mohammad Abdus; Khan, Md. Arifur Rahman; Islam, Md. Tofazzal (December 2021). "Identification of marine sponge-associated bacteria of the Saint Martin's island of the Bay of Bengal emphasizing on the prevention of motile Aeromonas septicemia in Labeo rohita". Aquaculture. 545 737156. Bibcode:2021Aquac.54537156P. doi:10.1016/j.aquaculture.2021.737156. ISSN 0044-8486.
  4. A.C. Parte; et al. "Halobacillus". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  5. C.L. Schoch; et al. "Halobacillus". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2025-02-28.
  6. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  9. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  11. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
Further reading

Further reading

  • Paul De Vos; et al., eds. (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology (2nd ed.). Dordrecht: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-68489-5.
  • Roger Berkeley; et al., eds. (2002). Applications and Systematics of Bacillus and Relatives. Chichester: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-470-69521-8.