Genus Alkaliphilus

Name: Alkaliphilus Takai et al. 2001

Category, proposed as: genus, gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.ka.li’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort) (indeclinable); N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. n. Alkaliphilus, bacterium liking alkaline environments

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): masculine (stem: Alkaliphil-), al-ka-LI-p^hi-lus

Type species: Alkaliphilus transvaalensis Takai et al. 2001

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Takai K, Moser DP, Onstott TC, Spoelstra N, Pfiffner SM, Dohnalkova A, Fredrickson JK. 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. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1621-1623.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Cao et al. 2003 Cao X, Liu X, 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. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.
  • Wu et al. 2010 Wu XY, Shi KL, Xu XW, Wu M, Oren A, Zhu XF. 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. 🇨🇳 Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 60, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2011; 61:477-478.
    Notes:
    • ⊕ Emendation accompanied by the proposal of 1 new species in the genus.

• Notes:
  • 🧕 Zakharyuk et al. (2017) assigned this genus to the family Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980). Publication: Zakharyuk A, Kozyreva L, Ariskina E, Troshina O, Kopitsyn D, Shcherbakova V. Alkaliphilus namsaraevii sp. nov., an alkaliphilic iron- and sulfur-reducing bacterium isolated from a steppe soda lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:1990-1995. 🇷🇺
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Alakaliphilus"; "Alkaliphi"; "Alkalliphilus".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 8; JCM: 6; VKM: 3; CGMCC: 3; ATCC: 2; KCTC: 1; CIP: 1.
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 10
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 10
Total number of child taxa: 12

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alkaliphilus crotonatoxidans Cao et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkaliphilus flagellatus Li et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkaliphilus halophilus Wu et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkaliphilus hydrothermalis Ben Aissa et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Alkaliphilus metalliredigens" Ye et al. 2004	not validly published	preferred name
    Alkaliphilus namsaraevii Zakharyuk et al. 2017	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkaliphilus oremlandii Fisher et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkaliphilus peptidifermentans corrig. Zhilina et al. 2009	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkaliphilus peptidofermentans Zhilina et al. 2009	inaccurate spelling	misspelling
    Alkaliphilus pronyensis Postec et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkaliphilus serpentinus Postec et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Alkaliphilus transvaalensis Takai et al. 2001	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Natronincolaceae Chuvochina et al. 2024

Assigned by: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0. 🇦🇺

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