Name: Alkalitalea saponilacus Zhao and Chen 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: L. n. sapo -onis, soap; L. n. lacus -us, a lake; N.L. gen. n. saponilacus, from Soap Lake, WA, USA, where the type strain was isolated

Type strains: ATCC BAA-2172; DSM 24412; SC/BZ-SP2

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene accession number: HQ191474

Valid publication: Zhao B, Chen S. Alkalitalea saponilacus gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic, alkaliphilic, xylanolytic bacterium from a meromictic soda lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2618-2623.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2013; 63:399-400.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • Nomenclatural type of the genus Alkalitalea Zhao and Chen 2012. Publication: Zhao B, Chen S. Alkalitalea saponilacus gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic, alkaliphilic, xylanolytic bacterium from a meromictic soda lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2618-2623.
  • The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Garcia-Lopez M, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Hahnke RL, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000 Type-Strain Genomes Improves Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2019; 10:2083.

Parent taxon: Alkalitalea Zhao and Chen 2012

Assigned by: Zhao B, Chen S. Alkalitalea saponilacus gen. nov., sp. nov., an obligately anaerobic, alkaliphilic, xylanolytic bacterium from a meromictic soda lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2618-2623.

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