Name: Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum Sorokin et al. 2010

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.lum. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali (indeclinable); N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. neut. adj. alkaliphilum, loving alkaline conditions

Gender: neuter

Type strain: DSM 18274; JCM 15827; SR 1; UNIQEM U250

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: DQ666683 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Foti M, Tindall BJ, Muyzer G. Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel obligately anaerobic sulfur- and dissimilatory nitrate-reducing bacterium from a full-scale sulfide-removing bioreactor. Extremophiles 2007; 11:363-370.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 131. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Desulfurispirillum Sorokin et al. 2010. Publication: Sorokin DY, Foti M, Tindall BJ, Muyzer G. Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel obligately anaerobic sulfur- and dissimilatory nitrate-reducing bacterium from a full-scale sulfide-removing bioreactor. Extremophiles 2007; 11:363-370.
  • 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
  • 😷 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 2024-03-27.
  • 🧍 The accession number JCM 15827 has been provided at the time of request for valid publication of the name. In the abstract, the strain SR 1 is erroneously cited as SR, and the strain DSM 18274 is erroneously cited as DSM 18275. Publication: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 131. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1-2.

Parent taxon: Desulfurispirillum Sorokin et al. 2010

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Foti M, Tindall BJ, Muyzer G. Desulfurispirillum alkaliphilum gen. nov. sp. nov., a novel obligately anaerobic sulfur- and dissimilatory nitrate-reducing bacterium from a full-scale sulfide-removing bioreactor. Extremophiles 2007; 11:363-370.

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