Name: Alcaligenes Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.ca.li.ge.nes. N.L. neut. n. alcali, alcali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort) (indeclinable); Gr. suff. -genes, producing; from Gr. ind. v. gennaô, to produce; N.L. masc. n. Alcaligenes, alkali-producing (bacteria)

Gender: masculine (stem: Alcaligen-)

Type species: Alcaligenes faecalis Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Castellani A, Chalmers AJ. Manual of Tropical Medicine, 3rd ed. Williams Wood and Co., New York, 1919.

IJSEM list: Skerman VBD, McGowan V, Sneath PHA. Approved lists of bacterial names. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1980; 30:225-420.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the family Alcaligenaceae De Ley et al. 1986. Publication: De Ley J, Segers P, Kersters K, Mannheim W, Lievens A. Intra- and intergeneric similarities of the Bordetella ribosomal ribonucleic acid cistrons: proposal for a new family, Alcaligenaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:405-414.
  • Breed et al. (1957) assigned this genus to the family "Achromobacteraceae" Breed et al. 1957. Publication: Parker CD. Genus V. Thiobacillus Beijerinck 1904. In: Breed RS, Murray EGD, Smith NR (eds), Bergey's Manual of Determinative Bacteriology, 7th edition, The Williams & Wilkins Co, Baltimore, 1957, p. 83-88.
  • Cavalier-Smith (1981) assigned this genus to the subkingdom "Eubacteria" Cavalier-Smith 1981. Publication: Cavalier-Smith T. Eukaryote kingdoms: seven or nine? Biosystems 1981; 14:461-481.
  • Kluyver and Van Niel (1936) assigned this genus to the tribe "Bacterieae". Publication: Kluyver AJ, Van Niel CB. Prospects for a natural system of classification of bacteria. Zentralblatt für Bakteriologie, Parasitenkunde, Infektionskrankheiten und Hygiene, Abteilung II 1936; 94:369-403.
  • This taxon name is occasionally misprinted in some sources as: "Alacaligenes"; "Alcafigenes"; "Alcaligcncs"; "Alcaligcnos"; "Alcaligencs"; "Alcaligenis"; "Alcalignes"; "Alculienes"; "Alealigenes"; "Azcazigenes".
  • The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 22; LMG: 18; CIP: 17; JCM: 15; ATCC: 15; CCUG: 15; NBRC: 11; IFO: 5; NCTC: 5; NRRL: 5.
  • Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ALC" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 20
Total number of child taxa: 26

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alcaligenes aestus Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Alcaligenes ammonioxydans" Wu et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Alcaligenes aquamarinus (ZoBell and Upham 1944) Hendrie et al. 1974 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes aquatilis Van Trappen et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Alcaligenes carboxydus" Meyer and Schlegel 1983	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Alcaligenes cupidus Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes defragrans Foss et al. 1998	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes denitrificans (ex Leifson and Hugh 1954) Rüger and Tan 1983	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes endophyticus Lu et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcaligenes eutrophus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes faecalis Castellani and Chalmers 1919 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Alcaligenes hydrogenophilus" Ohi et al. 1979	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Alcaligenes latus Palleroni and Palleroni 1978 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes nematophilus Machado et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Alcaligenes odorans" (Málek and Kazdová-Kožišková 1946) Malek et al. 1963	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Alcaligenes pacificus corrig. Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes pacifus Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Alcaligenes pakistanensis Abbas et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alcaligenes paradoxus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes parafaecalis (Schroll et al. 2001) Machado et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes phenolicus (Rehfuss and Urban 2006) Machado et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes piechaudii Kiredjian et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes ruhlandii (Packer and Vishniac 1955) Aragno and Schlegel 1977 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes venustus Baumann et al. 1972 (Approved Lists 1980)	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    Alcaligenes xylosoxidans (Yabuuchi and Yano 1981 ex Yabuuchi and Ohyama 1971) Kiredjian et al. 1986	validly published under the ICNP	synonym
    "Alcaligenes xylosoxydans" (Yabuuchi and Yano 1981 ex Yabuuchi and Ohyama 1971) Dewhirst et al. 1989	not validly published	synonym (and no standing)

Parent taxon: Alcaligenaceae De Ley et al. 1986

Assigned by: De Ley J, Segers P, Kersters K, Mannheim W, Lievens A. Intra- and intergeneric similarities of the Bordetella ribosomal ribonucleic acid cistrons: proposal for a new family, Alcaligenaceae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1986; 36:405-414.

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