Name: Fodinibius alkaliphilus He et al. 2025

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.lus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, from Arabic al-qaliy the soda ash (indeclinable); Gr. masc. adj. philos, loving; N.L. masc. adj. alkaliphilus, loving alkaline conditions

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

Type strain: KCTC 102228; MCCC 1K08942; N2

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16S rRNA gene: PP669793 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: He Y, Simoes MF, de la Haba RR, Santos-Pereira C, Sousa J, Gomes JS, Silverio SC, Rodrigues LR, Antunes A. Fodinibius alkaliphilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from an inland saltern in central Portugal and reclassification of Aliifodinibius salipaludis as Fodinibius salipaludis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6840.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 75, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6893.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Using the term "phylogenetic data" (or equivalent) for sequence data is not advocated. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281.
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.06740 (N = 2).
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2025-07-15.

Parent taxon: Fodinibius Wang et al. 2012

Assigned by: He Y, Simoes MF, de la Haba RR, Santos-Pereira C, Sousa J, Gomes JS, Silverio SC, Rodrigues LR, Antunes A. Fodinibius alkaliphilus sp. nov., a moderately halophilic and alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from an inland saltern in central Portugal and reclassification of Aliifodinibius salipaludis as Fodinibius salipaludis sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2025; 75:6840.

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Record number: 66573