Name: Microcella alkaliphila Tiago et al. 2006

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.la. Arabic article al, the; Arabic masc. n. qaly, ashes of saltwort; N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. alkaliphila, loving alkaline environments

Gender: feminine

Type strain: AC4r; CIP 108473; DSM 18851; LMG 22690

See detailed strain information at

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: AJ717385 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Tiago I, Morais PV, da Costa MS, Verissimo A. Microcella alkaliphila sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a non-saline alkaline groundwater, and emended description of the genus Microcella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2313-2316.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 56, part 10 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2007; 57:2-3.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.20520 (N = 35).
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 5 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Microcella Tiago et al. 2005

Assigned by: Tiago I, Morais PV, da Costa MS, Verissimo A. Microcella alkaliphila sp. nov., a novel member of the family Microbacteriaceae isolated from a non-saline alkaline groundwater, and emended description of the genus Microcella. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:2313-2316.

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Record number: 785565