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. masc. part. adj. saccharofermentans, sugar-fermenting

Pronunciation, gender: sak-k^ha-ro-fer-MEN-tans, 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. — 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 4 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🧍 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