Name: Desulfobulbus alkaliphilus Sorokin 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 conditions

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

Type strain: APS1; DSM 24258; UNIQEM U900

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16S rRNA gene: HM750216 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Panteleeva AN, Muyzer G. Desulfonatronobacter acidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desulfobulbus alkaliphilus sp. nov., haloalkaliphilic heterotrophic sulfate-reducing bacteria from soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2107-2113.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 62, part 9 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2813-2814.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

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Parent taxon: Desulfobulbus Widdel 1981

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Panteleeva AN, Muyzer G. Desulfonatronobacter acidivorans gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desulfobulbus alkaliphilus sp. nov., haloalkaliphilic heterotrophic sulfate-reducing bacteria from soda lakes. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2012; 62:2107-2113.

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Record number: 790133