Name: Desulfuribacillus alkaliarsenatis Sorokin et al. 2014

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li.ar.sena’tis. N.L. neut. n. alkali, soda ash (indeclinable); N.L. gen. masc. n. arsenatis, of arsenate, referring to the ability of the organism to reduce arsenate to arsenite; N.L. gen. masc. n. alkaliarsenatis, reducing arsenate at alkaline conditions

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AHT 28; DSM 24608; UNIQEM U855

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: HM046584 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Sukhacheva MV, Muyzer G. Desulfuribacillus alkaliarsenatis gen. nov. sp. nov., a deep-lineage, obligately anaerobic, dissimilatory sulfur and arsenate-reducing, haloalkaliphilic representative of the order Bacillales from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2012; 16:597-605.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Validation list no. 159. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2014; 64:2927-2929.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfuribacillus Sorokin et al. 2014. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Sukhacheva MV, Muyzer G. Desulfuribacillus alkaliarsenatis gen. nov. sp. nov., a deep-lineage, obligately anaerobic, dissimilatory sulfur and arsenate-reducing, haloalkaliphilic representative of the order Bacillales from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2012; 16:597-605.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Desulfuribacillus Sorokin et al. 2014

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Sukhacheva MV, Muyzer G. Desulfuribacillus alkaliarsenatis gen. nov. sp. nov., a deep-lineage, obligately anaerobic, dissimilatory sulfur and arsenate-reducing, haloalkaliphilic representative of the order Bacillales from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2012; 16:597-605.

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Record number: 789961