Name: Nitrobacter alkalicus Sorokin et al. 1999

Category: Species

Proposed as: 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

Gender: 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 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 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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