Species ***Paracoccus* *alcaliphilus***

Name: Paracoccus alcaliphilus Urakami et al. 1989

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ca.li’phi.lus N.L. n. alcali, alcali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic n. qaliy, ashes of saltwort); N.L. masc. adj. philus, friend, loving; from Gr. masc. adj. philos, on; N.L. masc. adj. alcaliphilus, liking alkaline media

Gender: masculine

Type strains: ATCC 51199; CIP 106073; DSM 8512; IFO 16719; JCM 7364; NBRC 16719; TK 1015; Urakami 0-100

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16S rRNA gene: D32238 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Urakami T, Tamaoka J, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Paracoccus alcaliphilus sp. nov., an alkaliphilic and facultatively methylotrophic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:116-121.

Nomenclatural status: validly published

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

Emendations:
- Hördt et al. 2020 Hordt A, Lopez MG, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Schleuning M, Weinhold LM, Tindall BJ, Gronow S, Kyrpides NC, Woyke T, Goker M. Analysis of 1,000+ Type-Strain Genomes Substantially Improves Taxonomic Classification of Alphaproteobacteria. Front Microbiol 2020; 11:468. Oren A, Garrity GM. List of changes in taxonomic opinion no. 32. Notification of changes in taxonomic opinion previously published outside the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:4061-4090.
  Notes:
  - As of 2020-04-15 this emendation was not yet included in an IJSEM List of Changes in Taxonomic Opinion.

Parent taxon: Paracoccus Davis 1969 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Urakami T, Tamaoka J, Suzuki KI, Komagata K. Paracoccus alcaliphilus sp. nov., an alkaliphilic and facultatively methylotrophic bacterium. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1989; 39:116-121.

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Species Paracoccus alcaliphilus

Species ***Paracoccus* *alcaliphilus***