Name: Lacimicrobium alkaliphilum Zhong et al. 2016

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: CGMCC 1.12923; KCTC 42674; X13M-12

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16S rRNA gene: KJ782426 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Zhong ZP, Liu Y, Wang F, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Lacimicrobium alkaliphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Alteromonadaceae isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:422-429.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1607-1611.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Lacimicrobium Zhong et al. 2016. Publication: Zhong ZP, Liu Y, Wang F, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Lacimicrobium alkaliphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Alteromonadaceae isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:422-429.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 2 times in PubMed until 2024-03-27.

Parent taxon: Lacimicrobium Zhong et al. 2016

Assigned by: Zhong ZP, Liu Y, Wang F, Zhou YG, Liu HC, Liu ZP. Lacimicrobium alkaliphilum gen. nov., sp. nov., a member of the family Alteromonadaceae isolated from a salt lake. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:422-429.

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