Name: Alkalispirillum mobile Rijkenberg et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: mo’bi.le. L. neut. adj. mobile, motile, movable

Pronunciation, gender: MO-bi-le, neuter

Type strain: DSM 12769; SL-1; VKM B-3569

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AF114783 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Rijkenberg MJ, Kort R, Hellingwerf KJ. Alkalispirillum mobile gen. nov., spec. nov., an alkaliphilic non-phototrophic member of the Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Arch Microbiol 2001; 175:369-375.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 222. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6640.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Alkalispirillum Rijkenberg et al. 2025. Publication: Rijkenberg MJ, Kort R, Hellingwerf KJ. Alkalispirillum mobile gen. nov., spec. nov., an alkaliphilic non-phototrophic member of the Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Arch Microbiol 2001; 175:369-375.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 5 times in PubMed until 2025-04-08.
  • 🧍 According to Rules 27(3) and 30, Alkalispirillum mobile Rijkenberg et al. 2002 is not validly published because, at the time of publication, the type strain was not deposited in two publicly accessible service collections in different countries. According to the Judicial Opinion 81, authors or this name, or other scientists who wish to have this name validly published, should submit evidence of the deposit of the type strain in additional collections to the List Editor (either directly or via the IJSEM Editorial Office) before the next meeting of the Judicial Commission in Sapporo, Japan, in 2011. After that time, the name will be ruled not to have been validly published. If, after that deadline, the authors or other scientists wish to have this name validly published, this may be done by confirming that the name is in accordance with the requirements of the Code and either by requesting valid publication via the Validation Lists or by inclusion of the proposal in an original article in the IJSEM. The details of valid publication will then make reference to those publications. If authors or other scientists feel that an exception should be granted to Rule 30, requiring deposit of the type in two different collections in two different countries, they should contact the Editorial Office of the IJSEM. Publication: Euzeby JP, Tindall BJ. Status of strains that contravene Rules 27(3) and 30 of the Bacteriological Code. Request for an opinion. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:293-301.
  • 🧍 Originally considered not validly published. Publication: Judicial Commission. Judicial Opinion No. 81. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1755-1763.

Parent taxon: Alkalispirillum Rijkenberg et al. 2025

Assigned by: Rijkenberg MJ, Kort R, Hellingwerf KJ. Alkalispirillum mobile gen. nov., spec. nov., an alkaliphilic non-phototrophic member of the Ectothiorhodospiraceae. Arch Microbiol 2001; 175:369-375.

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Record number: 64749