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Genus Alkanibacter
Name: Alkanibacter Friedrich and Lipski 2008
Etymology: Al.ka.ni.bac’ter. N.L. neut. n. alkanum, saturated hydrocarbon; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; from Gr. neut. dim. n. baktêrion, rod; N.L. masc. n. Alkanibacter, rod assimilating alkanes
Gender: masculine (stem: Alkanibacter-)
Type species: Alkanibacter difficilis Friedrich and Lipski 2008
Valid publication:
Friedrich MM, Lipski A. Alkanibacter difficilis gen. nov., sp. nov. and Singularimonas variicoloris gen. nov., sp. nov., hexane-degrading bacteria isolated from a hexane-treated biofilter. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:2324-2329. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 58, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:3-4.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
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🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Xanthomonadales Saddler and Bradbury 2005.
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1.
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🧕 Yilmaz et al. (2014) assigned this genus to the order Xanthomonadales Saddler and Bradbury 2005.
Publication:
Yilmaz P, Parfrey LW, Yarza P, Gerken J, Pruesse E, Quast C, Schweer T, Peplies J, Ludwig W, Glöckner FO. The SILVA and “all-species living tree project (LTP)” taxonomic frameworks. Nucleic Acids Research 2014; 42(D1):D643-D648.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Alkanibacter difficilis Friedrich and Lipski 2008 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Nevskiaceae Henrici and Johnson 1935 (Approved Lists 1980)
Assigned by:
Liu Q, Liu HC, Zhou YG, Xin YH. Stenotrophobium rhamnosiphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a glacier, proposal of Steroidobacteraceae fam. nov. in Nevskiales and emended description of the family Nevskiaceae. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2019; 69:1404-1410.
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Record number: 515086
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