Species Nitrobacter alkalicus

Name: Nitrobacter alkalicus Sorokin et al. 1999

Category, proposed as: species, sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka’li.cus. N.L. neut. n. alkali, soda ash (from Arabic al-qalyi, the ashes of saltwort) (indeclinable); L. masc. adj. suff. -icus, suffix used with the sense of pertaining to; N.L. masc. adj. alkalicus, intended to mean alkaline

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: ni-tro-BAK-ter al-KA-li-kus, masculine

Type strain: AN1; LMD 97.163

16S rRNA gene: AF069956 Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Sorokin DY, Muyzer G, Brinkhoff T, Kuenen JG, Jetten MS. Isolation and characterization of a novel facultatively alkaliphilic Nitrobacter species, N. alkalicus sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1998; 170:345-352. 🇳🇱

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 71. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1999; 49:1325-1326.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No". — The risk group for Swiss Confederation has been imported on 2024-02-01. The full classification is: risk group = 1. — The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2026-08-13. 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 3 times in PubMed until 2026-06-11.
  • 🧍 The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 71, published 22 October 1999) [2]. Publication: Euzeby JP, Kudo T. Corrigenda to the validation lists. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1933-1938. 🇫🇷
  • 🧍 The species Nitrobacter alkalicus (effective publication: Sorokin et al. 1998, type strain: strain AN1 = LMD 97.163) appears also on Validation List no. 78 [1]. The date of valid publication of this name is in fact that of the first citation in a Validation List (List no. 71, published 22 October 1999) [2]. Publication: Anonymous. Validation list no. 78. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2001; 51:1-2.

Parent taxon: Nitrobacter Winogradsky 1892 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Muyzer G, Brinkhoff T, Kuenen JG, Jetten MS. Isolation and characterization of a novel facultatively alkaliphilic Nitrobacter species, N. alkalicus sp. nov. Arch Microbiol 1998; 170:345-352. 🇳🇱

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