Name: Alkalibacter saccharofermentans Garnova et al. 2005

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: sac.cha.ro.fer.men’tans. Gr. neut. n. sakchar, suggar; L. v. fermento, to ferment; N.L. part. adj. saccharofermentans, sugar-fermenting

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 14828; Uniqem U-218; VKM B-2308; Z-79820

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16S rRNA gene: AY312403 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Garnova ES, Zhilina TN, Tourova TP, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Anaerobic, alkaliphilic, saccharolytic bacterium Alkalibacter saccharofermentans gen. nov., sp. nov. from a soda lake in the Transbaikal region of Russia. Extremophiles 2004; 8:309-316.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 103. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:983-985.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alkalibacter Garnova et al. 2005. Publication: Garnova ES, Zhilina TN, Tourova TP, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Anaerobic, alkaliphilic, saccharolytic bacterium Alkalibacter saccharofermentans gen. nov., sp. nov. from a soda lake in the Transbaikal region of Russia. Extremophiles 2004; 8:309-316.
  • 😷 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.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication, the etymology is erroneously cited as Latin n. saccharum, sugar; Latin n. fermentum, to ferment (sic); Latin part. adj. saccharofermentans, sugar-fermenting. Publication: Euzeby JP. List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1997; 47:590-592.
  • 🧍 In the effective publication the type strain Uniqem U-218 is cited as Uniqem-218. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 103. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:983-985.

Parent taxon: Alkalibacter Garnova et al. 2005

Assigned by: Garnova ES, Zhilina TN, Tourova TP, Kostrikina NA, Zavarzin GA. Anaerobic, alkaliphilic, saccharolytic bacterium Alkalibacter saccharofermentans gen. nov., sp. nov. from a soda lake in the Transbaikal region of Russia. Extremophiles 2004; 8:309-316.

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Record number: 773069