Name: Oblitimonas alkaliphila Drobish et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.la. N.L. neut. n. alkali, soda ash (indeclinable); N.L. adj. philus -a -um, friend, loving; from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on, loving; N.L. fem. adj. alkaliphila, alkaline-loving

Gender: feminine

Type strain: B 4199; CCUG 67636; DSM 100830

Conduct genome-based taxonomy at

16S rRNA gene: KP986583 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Drobish AM, Emery BD, Whitney AM, Lauer AC, Metcalfe MG, McQuiston JR. Oblitimonas alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., in the family Pseudomonadaceae, recovered from a historical collection of previously unidentified clinical strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3063-3070.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 8 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:4306-4309.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Thiopseudomonas alkaliphila (Drobish et al. 2016) Rudra and Gupta 2021

Risk group: 1

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    "Oblitimonas alkaliphila" Lauer et al. 2015	homotypic synonym, not validly published
    Thiopseudomonas alkaliphila (Drobish et al. 2016) Rudra and Gupta 2021	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oblitimonas Drobish et al. 2016. Publication: Drobish AM, Emery BD, Whitney AM, Lauer AC, Metcalfe MG, McQuiston JR. Oblitimonas alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., in the family Pseudomonadaceae, recovered from a historical collection of previously unidentified clinical strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3063-3070.
  • ❗ Oblitimonas alkaliphila is the correct name instead if this species is regarded as a separate species (i.e., if its nomenclatural type is not assigned to another species whose name is validly published, legitimate and not rejected and has priority) within a separate genus Oblitimonas.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "+".
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 6 times in PubMed until 2024-03-28.
  • 🧍 According to Bartlett et al. (2022), this species is an established human pathogen. Publication: Bartlett A, Padfield D, Lear L, Bendall R, Vos M. A comprehensive list of bacterial pathogens infecting humans. Microbiology 2022; 168:0.
  • 🧍 According to Ludwig et al. (2021), this "species and genus appear within the Pseudomonas and may need reclassification". Publication: Ludwig W, Viver T, Westram R, Francisco Gago J, Bustos-Caparros E, Knittel K, Amann R, Rossello-Mora R. Release LTP_12_2020, featuring a new ARB alignment and improved 16S rRNA tree for prokaryotic type strains. Syst Appl Microbiol 2021; 44:126218.

Parent taxon: Oblitimonas Drobish et al. 2016

Assigned by: Drobish AM, Emery BD, Whitney AM, Lauer AC, Metcalfe MG, McQuiston JR. Oblitimonas alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., in the family Pseudomonadaceae, recovered from a historical collection of previously unidentified clinical strains. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:3063-3070.

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