Name: Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii Hoeft et al. 2007

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: ehr.li’chi.i. N.L. gen. masc. n. ehrlichii, of Ehrlich, named in honour of Professor Emeritus Henry Lutz Ehrlich for his broad scientific, teaching and leadership contributions to the field of geomicrobiology, with specific reference to his work on the bacterial oxidation of arsenite

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … ehr-LI-k^hi-i, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-1101; DSM 17681; MLHE-1

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16S rRNA gene: AF406554 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Hoeft SE, Blum JS, Stolz JF, Tabita FR, Witte B, King GM, Santini JM, Oremland RS. Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii sp. nov., a novel, arsenite-oxidizing haloalkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium capable of chemoautotrophic or heterotrophic growth with nitrate or oxygen as the electron acceptor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:504-512. 🇺🇸

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 57, part 3 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:1173-1174.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 12 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Alkalilimnicola corrig. Yakimov et al. 2001

Assigned by: Hoeft SE, Blum JS, Stolz JF, Tabita FR, Witte B, King GM, Santini JM, Oremland RS. Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii sp. nov., a novel, arsenite-oxidizing haloalkaliphilic gammaproteobacterium capable of chemoautotrophic or heterotrophic growth with nitrate or oxygen as the electron acceptor. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:504-512. 🇺🇸

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Record number: 786044