Genus Alkalimarinus

Name: Alkalimarinus Zhao et al. 2015

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.ka.li.ma.ri’nus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); L. masc. adj. marinus, of the sea, marine; N.L. masc. n. Alkalimarinus, marine bacterium living under alkaline conditions

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Alkalimarin-), al-ka-li-ma-RI-nus

Type species: Alkalimarinus sediminis Zhao et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhao JX, Liu QQ, Zhou YX, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Alkalimarinus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3511-3516. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Yang et al. 2023 Yang AI, Joe HI, Choe H, Kim HS, Eom MK, Li Z, Jun MO, Kim B, Lee JS, Shin NR. Alkalimarinus alittae sp. nov., isolated from gut of marine sandworm (Alitta virens) and emended description of the genus Alkalimarinus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6029. 🇰🇷 Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 73, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:6158.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Flores-Felix et al. (2025) assigned this genus to the family Marinobacteraceae Liao et al. 2021. Publication: Flores-Felix JD, Garcia-Fraile P, Saati-Santamaria Z. Harmony in diversity: Reorganizing the families within the order Pseudomonadales. Mol Phylogenet Evol 2025; 0:108321. 🇪🇸
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: KCTC: 2; JCM: 2; GDMCC: 1; CICC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alkalimarinus alittae Yang et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkalimarinus coralli Li et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkalimarinus sediminis Zhao et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Alteromonadaceae Ivanova and Mikhailov 2001

Assigned by: Zhao JX, Liu QQ, Zhou YX, Chen GJ, Du ZJ. Alkalimarinus sediminis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from marine sediment. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:3511-3516. 🇨🇳

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