Name: Oleiharenicola alkalitolerans Rochman et al. 2018

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li.to’le.rans. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (from Arab. al qali) (indeclinable); L. pres. part. tolerans, tolerating; N.L. masc. part. adj. alkalitolerans, referring to an alkali-tolerating micro-organism

Pronunciation (Latin), gender: … al-ka-li-TO-le-rans, masculine

Type strain: ATCC BAA-2697; DSM 29249; NVTT

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16S rRNA gene: KJ721192 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Rochman FF, Kim JJ, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Schumann P, Verbeke TJ, Dunfield PF. Oleiharenicola alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the phylum Verrucomicrobia isolated from an oilsands tailings pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1078-1084. 🇨🇦

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 68, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:2134-2136.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus Oleiharenicola Rochman et al. 2018. Publication: Rochman FF, Kim JJ, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Schumann P, Verbeke TJ, Dunfield PF. Oleiharenicola alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the phylum Verrucomicrobia isolated from an oilsands tailings pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1078-1084. 🇨🇦
  • 😢 The terminology used by the authors is in line with many other taxonomic studies and does not negatively affect their main results; some improvements may nevertheless be possible. Contrasting the term "chemotaxonomic" with "phenotypic" is not recommended. Whether taxa can have "members" is debatable. See the LPSN phylogeny page for details. Publication: Göker M. What can genome analysis offer for bacteria? In: Bridge P, Smith D, Stackebrandt E (eds), Trends in the systematics of bacteria and fungi, CAB International, Wallingford, 2021, p. 255-281. 🇬🇧
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 3 times in PubMed until 2025-06-04.

Parent taxon: Oleiharenicola Rochman et al. 2018

Assigned by: Rochman FF, Kim JJ, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Schumann P, Verbeke TJ, Dunfield PF. Oleiharenicola alkalitolerans gen. nov., sp. nov., a new member of the phylum Verrucomicrobia isolated from an oilsands tailings pond. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2018; 68:1078-1084. 🇨🇦

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Record number: 797621