Genus Caldalkalibacillus
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Caldalkalibacillus Xue et al. 2006, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Caldalkalibacillus thermarum Xue et al. 2006.
Etymology: L. adj. caldus, hot; N.L. n. alkali, alkali; L. masc. n. bacillus, small rod; N.L. masc. n. Caldalkalibacillus, bacillus living under hot and alkaline conditions.
Valid publication: XUE (Y.), ZHANG (X.), ZHOU (C.), ZHAO (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), HEAPHY (S.), GRANT (W.D.), JONES (B.E.), VENTOSA (A.) and MA (Y.): Caldalkalibacillus thermarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkalithermophilic bacterium from a hot spring in China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1217-1221.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Caldalkalibacillus Xue et al. 2006 emend. Zhao et al. 2008.
Reference: ZHAO (W.), ZHANG (C.L.), ROMANEK (C.S.) and WIEGEL (J.): Description of Caldalkalibacillus uzonensis sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Caldalkalibacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1106-1108.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caldalkalibacillus thermarum Xue et al. 2006, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) HA6 = CGMCC 1.4242 = JCM 13486.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY753654.
Etymology: L. gen. pl. n. thermarum, of warm springs.
Valid publication: XUE (Y.), ZHANG (X.), ZHOU (C.), ZHAO (Y.), COWAN (D.A.), HEAPHY (S.), GRANT (W.D.), JONES (B.E.), VENTOSA (A.) and MA (Y.): Caldalkalibacillus thermarum gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkalithermophilic bacterium from a hot spring in China. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2006, 56, 1217-1221.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caldalkalibacillus uzonensis Zhao et al. 2008, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JW/WZ-YB58 = ATCC BAA-1258 = DSM 17740.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: DQ221694.
Etymology: N.L. masc. adj. uzonensis, pertaining to the isolation habitat of the type strain, the Uzon Caldera, east of Mt Uzon in Kamchatka, in Far East Russia.
Valid publication: ZHAO (W.), ZHANG (C.L.), ROMANEK (C.S.) and WIEGEL (J.): Description of Caldalkalibacillus uzonensis sp. nov. and emended description of the genus Caldalkalibacillus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1106-1108.
Original article in IJSEM Online