Name: Alkalispirochaeta Sravanthi et al. 2016
Etymology: Al.ka.li.spi.ro.chaeāta. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali from Arabic n. al-qaliy the ashes of saltwort (indeclinable); N.L. fem. n. Spirochaeta, a bacterial genus; N.L. fem. n. Alkalispirochaeta, alkali(-tolerant) relative of Spirochaeta
Gender: feminine (stem: Alkalispirochaet-)
Type species: Alkalispirochaeta alkalica (Zhilina et al. 1996) Sravanthi et al. 2016
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication: Sravanthi T, Tushar L, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Alkalispirochaeta cellulosivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cellulose-hydrolysing, alkaliphilic, halotolerant bacterium isolated from the gut of a wood-eating cockroach (Cryptocercus punctulatus), and reclassification of four species of Spirochaeta as new combinations within Alkalispirochaeta gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1612-1619.
IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2467-2468.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 5
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 5
Total number of child taxa: 5
Name | Nomenclatural status | Taxonomic status |
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Alkalispirochaeta alkalica (Zhilina et al. 1996) Sravanthi et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alkalispirochaeta americana (Hoover et al. 2003) Sravanthi et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alkalispirochaeta cellulosivorans Sravanthi et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alkalispirochaeta odontotermitis (Sravanthi et al. 2015) Sravanthi et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Alkalispirochaeta sphaeroplastigenens (Vishnuvardhan Reddy et al. 2013) Sravanthi et al. 2016 | validly published under the ICNP | correct name |
Parent taxon: Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by: Sravanthi T, Tushar L, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Alkalispirochaeta cellulosivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cellulose-hydrolysing, alkaliphilic, halotolerant bacterium isolated from the gut of a wood-eating cockroach (Cryptocercus punctulatus), and reclassification of four species of Spirochaeta as new combinations within Alkalispirochaeta gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1612-1619.
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