Name: Alkanindiges Bogan et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Al.kan.in.di’ges. N.L. neut. n. alkanum, alkane; L. adj. indiges, in need; N.L. masc. n. Alkanindiges, the alkane-requiring one, indicating the bacterium’s growth requirement for such hydrocarbons

Gender: masculine (stem: Alkanindig-)

Type species: Alkanindiges illinoisensis Bogan et al. 2003

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Bogan BW, Sullivan WR, Kayser KJ, Derr KD, Aldrich HC, Paterek JR. Alkanindiges illinoisensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately hydrocarbonoclastic, aerobic squalane-degrading bacterium isolated from oilfield soils. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1389-1395.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:3-6.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Emendations:
  • Yadav et al. 2021 Yadav S, Kim JS, Lee SS. Alkanindiges hydrocarboniclasticus sp. nov. Isolated From Crude Oil Contaminated Sands and Emended Description of the Genus Alkanindiges. Curr Microbiol 2021; 78:378-382. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 34. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:4816.

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.03894 (N = 3).
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 2; ATCC: 1; JCM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 2
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 2
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Alkanindiges hongkongensis Woo et al. 2016	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Alkanindiges hydrocarboniclasticus" Yadav et al. 2021	not validly published	preferred name (not correct name)
    Alkanindiges illinoisensis Bogan et al. 2003	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Moraxellaceae Rossau et al. 1991

Assigned by: Lee YK, Hong SG, Cho HH, Cho KH, Lee HK. Dasania marina gen. nov., sp. nov., of the order Pseudomonadales, isolated from Arctic marine sediment. J Microbiol 2007; 45:505-509.

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