Name: Dyadobacter alkalitolerans Tang et al. 2009

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. masc. part. adj. alkalitolerans, alkali-tolerating

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … al-ka-li-TO-le-rans, masculine

Type strain: 12116; CCTCC AB 207176; DSM 23607; NRRL B-51268

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: EU360597 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tang Y, Dai J, Zhang L, Mo Z, Wang Y, Li Y, Ji S, Fang C, Zheng C. Dyadobacter alkalitolerans sp. nov., isolated from desert sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:60-64. 🇨🇳

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 59, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:645-646.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name (and explicitly recommended for medical use)

Risk group: 1

• Emendations:
  • Zhang et al. 2021 Zhang Y, Peng X, Qin K, Liu J, Xu Q, Niu J, Zheng Y, Peng F. Dyadobacter sandarakinus sp. nov., isolated from Arctic tundra soil, and emended descriptions of Dyadobacter alkalitolerans, Dyadobacter koreensis and Dyadobacter psychrophilus. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2021; 71:5103. 🇨🇳 Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 71, part 11 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2022; 72:5196.

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1". — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — If in doubt, use the risk group given in the regulations for your country and, if these are not available, use the risk group given in the catalogue of the culture collection from which you have obtained or intend to obtain the strain.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.
  • 🙆 This name is on the List of Recommended Names for bacteria of medical importance (LoRN) as the name to be applied to this species. The name is on LoRN because of the recorded risk group of other species in the genus.
  • 🧍 The genome of the type strain was sequenced as part of the GEBA (Genomic Encyclopedia of Bacteria and Archaea) project. Publication: Hahnke RL, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Garcia-Lopez M, Mukherjee S, Huntemann M, Ivanova NN, Woyke T, Kyrpides NC, Klenk HP, Goker M. Genome-Based Taxonomic Classification of Bacteroidetes. Front Microbiol 2016; 7:2003. 🇩🇪

Parent taxon: Dyadobacter Chelius and Triplett 2000

Assigned by: Tang Y, Dai J, Zhang L, Mo Z, Wang Y, Li Y, Ji S, Fang C, Zheng C. Dyadobacter alkalitolerans sp. nov., isolated from desert sand. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:60-64. 🇨🇳

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