Alkalilimnicola

J.P. Euzéby: List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature - Genus Alkalilimnicola

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Number of species cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

Alkalilimnicola corrig. Yakimov et al. 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Alkalilimnicola halodurans corrig. Yakimov et al. 2001.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali (from Arabic al-qalyi, the ashes of saltwort), soda ash; Gr. n. limnos, pool of standing water, lake; L. suffix -cola (from L. n. incola) a dweller, inhabitant; N.L. masc. n. Alcalilimnicola, a dweller of alkaline lakes.
Reference: YAKIMOV (M.M.), GIULIANO (L.), CHERNIKOVA (T.N.), GENTILE (G.), ABRAHAM (W.R.), LÜNSDORF (H.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and GOLYSHIN (P.N.): Alcalilimnicola halodurans gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, moderately halophilic and extremely halotolerant bacterium, isolated from sediments of soda-depositing Lake Natron, East Africa Rift Valley. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 2133-2143.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The original spelling Alcalilimnicola, has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM.
Reference: LIST EDITOR, IJSEM: Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6, of the IJSEM. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002, 52, 5-6.
Notification List in IJSEM Online (PDF Format)

Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii Hoeft et al. 2007, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain MLHE-1 = ATCC BAA-1101 = DSM 17681.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF406554.
Etymology: N.L. gen. masc. n. ehrlichii, of Ehrlich, named in honour of Professor Emeritus Henry Lutz Ehrlich for his broad scientific, teaching and leadership contributions to the field of geomicrobiology, with specific reference to his work on the bacterial oxidation of arsenite.
Reference: HOEFT (S.E.), SWITZER BLUM (J.), STOLZ (J.F.), TABITA (F.R.), WITTE (B.), KING (G.M.), SANTINI (J.M.) and OREMLAND (R.S.): Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii sp. nov., a novel, arsenite-oxidizing haloalkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium capable of chemoautotrophic or heterotrophic growth with nitrate or oxygen as the electron acceptor. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2007, 57, 504-512.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Alkalilimnicola halodurans corrig. Yakimov et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain 34Alc = DSM 13718 = LMG 20111.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AJ404972.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos,salt; L. part. adj. durans, enduring; N.L. part. adj. halodurans, salt-enduring.
Reference: YAKIMOV (M.M.), GIULIANO (L.), CHERNIKOVA (T.N.), GENTILE (G.), ABRAHAM (W.R.), LÜNSDORF (H.), TIMMIS (K.N.) and GOLYSHIN (P.N.): Alcalilimnicola halodurans gen. nov., sp. nov., an alkaliphilic, moderately halophilic and extremely halotolerant bacterium, isolated from sediments of soda-depositing Lake Natron, East Africa Rift Valley. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2001, 51, 2133-2143.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: The original spelling Alcalilimnicola halodurans, has been corrected by the List Editor, IJSEM.
Reference: LIST EDITOR, IJSEM: Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 6, of the IJSEM. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol. 2002, 52, 5-6.
Notification List in IJSEM Online (PDF Format)