Name: Thiorhodococcus alkaliphilus Prathyash Ushus et al. 2017

Category: Species

Proposed as: sp. nov.

Etymology: al.ka.li’phi.lus. 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. masc. adj. alkaliphilus, loving alkaline conditions

Gender: masculine

Type strain: JA878; JCM 31245; KCTC 15531

See detailed strain information at

16S rRNA gene: LN901453 Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Prathyash Ushus MJ, Divyasree B, Lakshmi KVNS, Dave BP, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Description of a phototrophic bacterium, Thiorhodococcus alkaliphilus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2323-2327.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 67, part 7 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:3689-3691.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Risk group: 1

• Notes:
  • 😢 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.
  • 😷 The risk group for Germany has been imported on 2023-10-29. The full classification is: risk group = 1.
  • 🎓 Name mentioned 1 time in PubMed until 2024-03-28.

Parent taxon: Thiorhodococcus Guyoneaud et al. 1998

Assigned by: Prathyash Ushus MJ, Divyasree B, Lakshmi KVNS, Dave BP, Sasikala C, Ramana CV. Description of a phototrophic bacterium, Thiorhodococcus alkaliphilus sp. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2017; 67:2323-2327.

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Record number: 795562