Name: Alkalibacterium gilvum Ishikawa et al. 2013

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: gil’vum. L. neut. adj. gilvum, pale yellow, referring to the pale yellow colour of colonies of the bacterium

Gender: neuter

Type strain: 3AD-1; DSM 25751; JCM 18271

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AB690566 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Ishikawa M, Yamasato K, Kodama K, Yasuda H, Matsuyama M, Okamoto-Kainuma A, Koizumi Y. Alkalibacterium gilvum sp. nov., slightly halophilic and alkaliphilic lactic acid bacterium isolated from soft and semi-hard cheeses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1471-1478.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 63, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:2368-2370.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.04742 (N = 9).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Alkalibacterium Ntougias and Russell 2001

Assigned by: Ishikawa M, Yamasato K, Kodama K, Yasuda H, Matsuyama M, Okamoto-Kainuma A, Koizumi Y. Alkalibacterium gilvum sp. nov., slightly halophilic and alkaliphilic lactic acid bacterium isolated from soft and semi-hard cheeses. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:1471-1478.

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Record number: 790646