Species Alkalimonas amylolytica

Name: Alkalimonas amylolytica Ma et al. 2007

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: a.my.lo.ly’ti.ca. Gr. neut. n. amylon, starch; Gr. masc. adj. lytikos, dissolving; N.L. fem. adj. amylolytica, starch dissolving

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-ka-LI-mo-nas a-my-lo-LY-ti-ka, feminine

Type strain: CGMCC 1.3430; DSM 18337; N10

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF250323 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Ma Y, Xue Y, Grant WD, Collins NC, Duckworth AW, Van Steenbergen RP, Jones BE. Alkalimonas amylolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., and Alkalimonas delamerensis gen. nov., sp. nov., novel alkaliphilic bacteria from soda lakes in China and East Africa. Extremophiles 2004; 8:193-200. 🇬🇧

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 114. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:433-434.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alkalimonas Ma et al. 2007. Publication: Ma Y, Xue Y, Grant WD, Collins NC, Duckworth AW, Van Steenbergen RP, Jones BE. Alkalimonas amylolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., and Alkalimonas delamerensis gen. nov., sp. nov., novel alkaliphilic bacteria from soda lakes in China and East Africa. Extremophiles 2004; 8:193-200. 🇬🇧
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 22 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The culture collection accession number DSM 18337 has been provided on request for validation. In the effective publication, the strain CGMCC 1.3430 is cited as AS 1.3430. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 114. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:433-434.

Parent taxon: Alkalimonas Ma et al. 2007

Assigned by: Ma Y, Xue Y, Grant WD, Collins NC, Duckworth AW, Van Steenbergen RP, Jones BE. Alkalimonas amylolytica gen. nov., sp. nov., and Alkalimonas delamerensis gen. nov., sp. nov., novel alkaliphilic bacteria from soda lakes in China and East Africa. Extremophiles 2004; 8:193-200. 🇬🇧

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