Name: Alicyclobacillus tolerans Karavaiko et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: tol.er’ans. L. masc. part. adj. tolerans, tolerant to changes in the growth temperature and pH

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16297; K1; VKM B-2304

16S rRNA gene: Z21979 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Karavaiko GI, Bogdanova TI, Tourova TP, Kondrat'eva TF, Tsaplina IA, Egorova MA, Krasil'nikova EN, Zakharchuk LM. Reclassification of 'Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans subsp. thermotolerans' strain K1 as Alicyclobacillus tolerans sp. nov. and Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans Dufresne et al. 1996 as Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Alicyclobacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:941-947.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1399-1402.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 😷 The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 11 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 The acidophilic, aerobic, endospore-forming, thermoloterant strain K1 (= DSM 16297 = VKM B-2304) was previously described as a subspecies of Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans: "Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans subsp. thermotolerans" Kovalenko and Malakhova 1983. Publication: Golovacheva RS, Karavaiko GI. [Sulfobacillus, a new genus of thermophilic sporulating bacteria]. Mikrobiologiia 1978; 47:815-822.

Parent taxon: Alicyclobacillus Wisotzkey et al. 1992

Assigned by: Karavaiko GI, Bogdanova TI, Tourova TP, Kondrat'eva TF, Tsaplina IA, Egorova MA, Krasil'nikova EN, Zakharchuk LM. Reclassification of 'Sulfobacillus thermosulfidooxidans subsp. thermotolerans' strain K1 as Alicyclobacillus tolerans sp. nov. and Sulfobacillus disulfidooxidans Dufresne et al. 1996 as Alicyclobacillus disulfidooxidans comb. nov., and emended description of the genus Alicyclobacillus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:941-947.

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