Alkalibacillus
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Genus: | Alkalibacillus
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A. haloalkaliphilus |
Alkalibacillus is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).[1]
Etymology
The name Alkalibacillus derives from:
New Latin noun alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic noun qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; Latin masculine gender noun bacillus, rod; New Latin masculine gender noun Alkalibacillus, bacillus living under alkaline conditions.[2]
Species
The genus contains 6 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely[2]
- A. filiformis ( Romano et al. 2005, ; Latin noun filum, a thread; Latin suff. -formis (from Latin noun forma, figure, shape, appearance), -like, in the shape of; New Latin masculine gender adjective filiformis, thread-shaped.)[3]
- A. flavidus ( Yoon et al. 2010, ; Latin masculine gender adjective flavidus, pale yellow.)[4]
- A. haloalkaliphilus ( (Fritze 1996) Jeon et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; New Latin noun alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic noun qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; Greek adjective φίλος loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective haloalkaliphilus, loving briny)[5]
- A. halophilus ( Tian et al. 2009, ; Greek noun hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; New Latin masculine gender adjective philus (from Greek masculine gender adjective φίλος), friend, loving; New Latin masculine gender adjective halophilus, salt-loving.)[6]
- A. salilacus ( Jeon et al. 2005, ; Latin noun sal salis, salt; Latin noun lacus -us, lake; New Latin genitive case noun salilacus, of a salt lake.)[5]
- A. silvisoli ( Usami et al. 2007, ;: Latin noun silva, forest; Latin noun solum, soil; New Latin genitive case noun silvisoli, of forest soil, the source of isolation of the type strain.)[7]
See also
References
- ^ Classification of Genera AC in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ a b Alkalibacillus in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/6/2395
- ^ Yoon, J. -H.; Kang, S. -J.; Jung, Y. -T.; Lee, M. -H.; Oh, T. -K. (2009). "Alkalibacillus flavidus sp. Nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 60 (2): 434–438. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.013003-0.
- ^ a b http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/5/1891
- ^ "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (9): 2129–2130. 2009. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.017988-0.
- ^ Usami, R.; Echigo, A.; Fukushima, T.; Mizuki, T.; Yoshida, Y.; Kamekura, M. (2007). "Alkalibacillus silvisoli sp. Nov., an alkaliphilic moderate halophile isolated from non-saline forest soil in Japan". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 57 (4): 770–774. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.64713-0.