Name: "Candidatus Syntrophofaba alkaliphila" Sorokin et al. 2016

Category: Species

Proposed as: Candidatus

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.la. N.L. neut. n. alkali, alkali (indeclinable); from Arabic masc. n. al-qalyi, the ashes of saltwort; N.L. fem. adj. suff. -phila, loving; from Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. alkaliphila, loving alkali

Gender: feminine

Type strain: B(0.6M)T; DSM XXXX; UNIQEM U997

Original publication: Sorokin DY, Abbas B, Geleijnse M, Kolganova TV, Kleerebezem R, van Loosdrecht MC. Syntrophic associations from hypersaline soda lakes converting organic acids and alcohols to methane at extremely haloalkaline conditions. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:3189-3202.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM, Parker CT, Chuvochina M, Trujillo ME. Candidatus list no. 1. Lists of names of prokaryotic Candidatus taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:3956-4042.

Nomenclatural status: not validly published

Taxonomic status: preferred name (not correct name)

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the genus "Candidatus Syntrophofaba" Sorokin et al. 2016. Publication: Sorokin DY, Abbas B, Geleijnse M, Kolganova TV, Kleerebezem R, van Loosdrecht MC. Syntrophic associations from hypersaline soda lakes converting organic acids and alcohols to methane at extremely haloalkaline conditions. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:3189-3202.
  • 🧍 Proposed as Candidatus name because growing syntrophically only. Publication: Murray RG, Stackebrandt E. Taxonomic note: implementation of the provisional status Candidatus for incompletely described procaryotes. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:186-187.

Parent taxon: "Candidatus Syntrophofaba" Sorokin et al. 2016

Assigned by: Sorokin DY, Abbas B, Geleijnse M, Kolganova TV, Kleerebezem R, van Loosdrecht MC. Syntrophic associations from hypersaline soda lakes converting organic acids and alcohols to methane at extremely haloalkaline conditions. Environ Microbiol 2016; 18:3189-3202.

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