Alkalibacillus

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]

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 sal salis, 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]

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]