Alkaliphilus

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

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow (--->) only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species cited in this file: 5
Number of subspecies cited in this file: 0

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

Alkaliphilus Takai et al. 2001, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Alkaliphilus transvaalensis Takai et al. 2001.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. n. alkaliphilus, bacterium liking alkaline environments.
Reference: TAKAI (K.), MOSER (D.P.), ONSTOTT (T.C.), SPOELSTRA (N.), PFIFFNER (S.M.), DOHNALKOVA (A.) and FREDRICKSON (J.K.): Alkaliphilus transvaalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a deep South African gold mine. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1245-1256.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Alkaliphilus Takai et al. 2001 emend. Cao et al. 2003.
Type species: ¤ Alkaliphilus transvaalensis Takai et al. 2001.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. n. alkaliphilus, bacterium liking alkaline environments.
Reference: CAO (X.), LIU (X.) and DONG (X.): Alkaliphilus crotonatoxidans sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, crotonate-dismutating bacterium isolated from a methanogenic environment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 971-975.
Original article in IJSEM Online

---> Alkaliphilus Takai et al. 2001 emend. Wu et al. 2010.
Type species: ¤ Alkaliphilus transvaalensis Takai et al. 2001.
Etymology: N.L. n. alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. n. alkaliphilus, bacterium liking alkaline environments.
Reference: WU (X.Y.), SHI (K.L.), XU (X.W.), WU (M.), OREN (A.) and ZHU (X.F.): Alkaliphilus halophilus sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic and halophilic bacterium isolated from a saline lake, and emended description of the genus Alkaliphilus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2898-2902.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Alkaliphilus crotonatoxidans Cao et al. 2003, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain B11-2 = AS 1.2897 = JCM 11672.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AF467248.
Etymology: N.L. part. adj. crotonatoxidans, oxidizing crotonate.
Reference: CAO (X.), LIU (X.) and DONG (X.): Alkaliphilus crotonatoxidans sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic, crotonate-dismutating bacterium isolated from a methanogenic environment. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 971-975.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Alkaliphilus halophilus Wu et al. 2010, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain E2R = CGMCC 1.5124 = JCM 16124.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EU627628.
Etymology: Gr. n. hals halos, salt; L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friendly to, loving; N.L. masc. adj. halophilus, salt-loving.
Reference: WU (X.Y.), SHI (K.L.), XU (X.W.), WU (M.), OREN (A.) and ZHU (X.F.): Alkaliphilus halophilus sp. nov., a strictly anaerobic and halophilic bacterium isolated from a saline lake, and emended description of the genus Alkaliphilus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 2898-2902.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Alkaliphilus oremlandii Fisher et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain OhILAs = ATCC BAA-1360 = DSM 21761.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: DQ250645.
Etymology: N.L. masc. gen. n. oremlandii, of Oremland, named in honor of Ronald S. Oremland of the U.S. Geological Survey, Menlo Park, CA.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 127. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 923-925 [FISHER (E.), DAWSON (A.M.), POLSHYNA (G.), LISAK (J.), CRABLE (B.), PERERA (E.), RANGANATHAN (M.), THANGAVELU (M.), BASU (P.) and STOLZ (J.F.): Transformation of inorganic and organic arsenic by Alkaliphilus oremlandii sp. nov. Strain OhILAs. Ann. N. Y. Acad. Sci., 2008, 1125, 230-241.]
Validation List N° 127 in IJSEM Online

Note: In the effective publication, the strain ATCC BAA-1360 is cited as BAA1360. The culture collection accession number DSM 21761 has been provided on request for validation.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: VALIDATION LIST N° 127 (footnote ¶). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 923-925.
Validation List N° 127 in IJSEM Online

Alkaliphilus peptidifermentans corrig. Zhilina et al. 2009, sp. nov.
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain Z-7036 = DSM 18978 = VKM B-2502.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: EF382660.
Etymology: N.L. n. peptidum, peptide; L. part. adj. fermentans, fermenting; N.L. part. adj. peptidifermentans, peptide-fermenting organism.
References: VALIDATION LIST N° 130. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2647-2648 [ZHILINA (T.N.), ZAVARZINA (D.G.), KOLGANOVA (T.V.), LYSENKO (A.M.) and TOUROVA (T.P.): Alkaliphilus peptidofermentans sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic bacterial soda lake isolate capable of peptide fermentation and Fe(III) reduction. Microbiology, 2009, 78, 445–454 (translated from Mikrobiologiya, 2009, 78, 496-505).]
Validation List N° 130 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online

Note: The original spelling of the specific epithet, peptidofermentans (sic), has been corrected on validation according to Rule 61.
Reference: ASSOCIATE EDITOR, IJSB: Validation List n° 130 (footnote §). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 2647-2648.
Validation List N° 130 in IJSEM Online

Alkaliphilus transvaalensis Takai et al. 2001, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus).
Type strain (see also StrainInfo.net): strain SAGM1 = ATCC 700919 = CIP 107133 = JCM 10712.
GenBank/EMBL/DDBJ accession number for the 16S rRNA gene sequence of the type strain: AB037677.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. transvaalensis, of Transvaal, a region of South Africa.
Reference: TAKAI (K.), MOSER (D.P.), ONSTOTT (T.C.), SPOELSTRA (N.), PFIFFNER (S.M.), DOHNALKOVA (A.) and FREDRICKSON (J.K.): Alkaliphilus transvaalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a deep South African gold mine. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1245-1256.
Original article in IJSEM Online

Note: transvaalensis is a Neo Latin adjective not a Neo Latin noun in the genitive case as cited by Takai et al. 2001.