Name: Desulfitibacter alkalitolerans Nielsen et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li.to’le.rans. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. part. adj. alkalitolerans, alkali-tolerating

Gender: masculine

Type strain: DSM 16504; JCM 12761; sk.kt5

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AY538171 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Nielsen MB, Kjeldsen KU, Ingvorsen K. Desulfitibacter alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, alkalitolerant, sulfite-reducing bacterium isolated from a district heating plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2831-2836.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 12 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:435-436.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfitibacter Nielsen et al. 2006. Publication: Nielsen MB, Kjeldsen KU, Ingvorsen K. Desulfitibacter alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, alkalitolerant, sulfite-reducing bacterium isolated from a district heating plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2831-2836.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Mukherjee S, Seshadri R, Varghese NJ, Eloe-Fadrosh EA, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Goker M, Coates RC, Hadjithomas M, Pavlopoulos GA, Paez-Espino D, et al. 1,003 reference genomes of bacterial and archaeal isolates expand coverage of the tree of life. Nat Biotechnol 2017; 35:676-683.

Parent taxon: Desulfitibacter Nielsen et al. 2006

Assigned by: Nielsen MB, Kjeldsen KU, Ingvorsen K. Desulfitibacter alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., an anaerobic, alkalitolerant, sulfite-reducing bacterium isolated from a district heating plant. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2831-2836.

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