Name: Alkalispirochaeta cellulosivorans Sravanthi et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: cel.lu.lo.si’vo.rans. N.L. neut. n. cellulosum, cellulose; L. pres. part. vorans, devouring; N.L. fem. part. adj. cellulosivorans, cellulose devouring

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: al-ka-li-spi-ro-K^HA͡E-ta kel-lu-lo-SI-wo-rans, feminine

Type strain: JC227; KCTC 15343; NBRC 110105

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16S rRNA gene: HG531387 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sravanthi T, Tushar L, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Alkalispirochaeta cellulosivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cellulose-hydrolysing, alkaliphilic, halotolerant bacterium isolated from the gut of a wood-eating cockroach (Cryptocercus punctulatus), and reclassification of four species of Spirochaeta as new combinations within Alkalispirochaeta gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1612-1619. 🇮🇳

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:2467-2468.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 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 1 time in PubMed until 2026-06-11.

Parent taxon: Alkalispirochaeta Sravanthi et al. 2016

Assigned by: Sravanthi T, Tushar L, Sasikala Ch, Ramana ChV. Alkalispirochaeta cellulosivorans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cellulose-hydrolysing, alkaliphilic, halotolerant bacterium isolated from the gut of a wood-eating cockroach (Cryptocercus punctulatus), and reclassification of four species of Spirochaeta as new combinations within Alkalispirochaeta gen. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1612-1619. 🇮🇳

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