Name: Cupriavidus alkaliphilus Estrada-de Los Santos et al. 2012

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, soda ash (indeclinable); N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. masc. adj. alkaliphilus, loving alkaline media

Pronunciation, gender: al-ka-LI-p^hi-lus, masculine

Type strain: ASC-732; CIP 110330; DSM 28880; LMG 26294

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16S rRNA gene: HQ438078 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Estrada-de los Santos P, Martinez-Aguilar L, Lopez-Lara IM, Caballero-Mellado J. Cupriavidus alkaliphilus sp. nov., a new species associated with agricultural plants that grow in alkaline soils. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:310-314. 🇲🇽

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 148. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2549-2554.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

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 6 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of the genus.

Parent taxon: Cupriavidus Makkar and Casida 1987

Assigned by: Estrada-de los Santos P, Martinez-Aguilar L, Lopez-Lara IM, Caballero-Mellado J. Cupriavidus alkaliphilus sp. nov., a new species associated with agricultural plants that grow in alkaline soils. Syst Appl Microbiol 2012; 35:310-314. 🇲🇽

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Record number: 790237