Alkaliphile

Alkaliphiles are microbes classified as extremophiles that thrive in alkaline environments with a pH of 9 to 11 such as soda lakes and carbonate-rich soils. To survive, alkaliphiles maintain a relatively low alkaline level of about 8 pH inside their cells by constantly pumping hydrogen ions (H⁺) in the form of hydronium ions (H₃O⁺) across their cell membranes into their cytoplasm.

Examples include:

Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus^[1]
Bacillus okhensis ^[2]
Alkalibacterium iburiense^[3]

References

^ Zavarzina DG (2006). "Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus gen. nov., sp. nov., the first alkaliphilic representative of the family Geobacteraceae, isolated from a soda lake". Mikrobiologiia. 75 (6): 775–85. PMID 17205802. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
^ Nowlan B (2006). "Bacillus okhensis sp. nov., a halotolerant and alkalitolerant bacterium from an Indian saltpan". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 56 (Pt 5): 1073–7. PMID 16627657. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)
^ Nakajima K (2005). "Alkalibacterium iburiense sp. nov., an obligate alkaliphile that reduces an indigo dye". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 55 (Pt 4): 1525–30. PMID 16014476. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

External links

http://library.thinkquest.org/CR0212089/alk.htm

Template:Micro-stub en:Alkalofil

[1] Zavarzina DG (2006). "Geoalkalibacter ferrihydriticus gen. nov., sp. nov., the first alkaliphilic representative of the family Geobacteraceae, isolated from a soda lake". Mikrobiologiia. 75 (6): 775–85. PMID 17205802. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[2] Nowlan B (2006). "Bacillus okhensis sp. nov., a halotolerant and alkalitolerant bacterium from an Indian saltpan". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 56 (Pt 5): 1073–7. PMID 16627657. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[3] Nakajima K (2005). "Alkalibacterium iburiense sp. nov., an obligate alkaliphile that reduces an indigo dye". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 55 (Pt 4): 1525–30. PMID 16014476. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |coauthors= ignored (|author= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |month= ignored (help)

[1]

[2]

[3]