Name: Dethiobacter alkaliphilus Sorokin et al. 2008

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

Gender: masculine

Type strain: AHT 1; DSM 19026; UNIQEM U266

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Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EF422412 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Mussmann M, Muyzer G. Dethiobacter alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov., and Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov.: two novel representatives of reductive sulfur cycle from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2008; 12:431-439.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 123. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2008; 58:1993-1994.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Zavarzina et al. 2023 Zavarzina DG, Merkel AY, Klyukina AA, Elizarov IM, Pikhtereva VA, Rusakov VS, Chistyakova NI, Ziganshin RH, Maslov AA, Gavrilov SN. Iron or sulfur respiration-an adaptive choice determining the fitness of a natronophilic bacterium Dethiobacter alkaliphilus in geochemically contrasting environments. Front Microbiol 2023; 14:1108245.
    Notes:
    • 🧍 As of 2023-08-28 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Dethiobacter Sorokin et al. 2008. Publication: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Mussmann M, Muyzer G. Dethiobacter alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov., and Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov.: two novel representatives of reductive sulfur cycle from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2008; 12:431-439.
  • 📧 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 4 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Dethiobacter Sorokin et al. 2008

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Mussmann M, Muyzer G. Dethiobacter alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov., and Desulfurivibrio alkaliphilus gen. nov. sp. nov.: two novel representatives of reductive sulfur cycle from soda lakes. Extremophiles 2008; 12:431-439.

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