Name: Alkaliphilus Takai et al. 2001

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort); 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: masculine

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

Taxonomic status: correct name

• 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.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 7
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 7
Total number of child taxa: 9

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alkaliphilus crotonatoxidans Cao et al. 2003	validly published	correct name
    Alkaliphilus halophilus Wu et al. 2010	validly published	correct name
    Alkaliphilus hydrothermalis Ben Aissa et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    "Alkaliphilus metalliredigens" Ye et al. 2004	not validly published
    Alkaliphilus namsaraevii Zakharyuk et al. 2017	validly published	correct name
    Alkaliphilus oremlandii Fisher et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Alkaliphilus peptidifermentans corrig. Zhilina et al. 2009	validly published	correct name
    Alkaliphilus peptidofermentans (sic) Zhilina et al. 2009	misspelling	synonym
    Alkaliphilus transvaalensis Takai et al. 2001	validly published	correct name

Parent taxon: Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: 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.

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