Alkalibacillus

Alkalibacillus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Bacilli
Order:	Bacillales
Family:	Bacillaceae
Genus:	Alkalibacillus Jeon et al. 2005 [1]
Type species
A. haloalkaliphilus

Alkalibacillus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria). ^[2]

Etymology

The name Alkalibacillus derives from:
Neo-Latin noun alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic noun qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; Latin masculine gender noun bacillus, rod; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Alkalibacillus, bacillus living under alkaline conditions. ^[3]

Species

The genus contains 8 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely ^[3]

• A. aidingensis ( Li et al. 2021) ^[1]
• A. almallahensis ( Perez-Dav et al. 2014 ) ^[1]
• 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; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective filiformis, thread-shaped.) ^[4]
• A. flavidus ( Yoon et al. 2010, ; Latin masculine gender adjective flavidus, pale yellow.) ^[5]
• A. haloalkaliphilus ( (Fritze 1996) Jeon et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; Greek noun hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; Neo-Latin noun alkali (from Arabic article al, the; Arabic noun qaliy, ashes of saltwort), alkali; Greek adjective φίλος loving; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective haloalkaliphilus, loving briny) ^[6]
• A. halophilus ( Tian et al. 2009, ; Greek noun hals, halos (ἅλς, ἁλός), salt; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective philus (from Greek masculine gender adjective φίλος), friend, loving; Neo-Latin masculine gender adjective halophilus, salt-loving.) ^[7]
• A. salilacus ( Jeon et al. 2005, ; Latin noun salsalis, salt; Latin noun lacus -us, lake; Neo-Latin genitive case noun salilacus, of a salt lake.) ^[6]
• A. silvisoli ( Usami et al. 2007, ;: Latin noun silva, forest; Latin noun solum, soil; Neo-Latin genitive case noun silvisoli, of forest soil, the source of isolation of the type strain.) ^[8]

References

1. Parte, A.C. "Alkalibacillus". LPSN .
2. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN ; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-590 . PMID   9103655.
3. Alkalibacillus entry in LPSN ; Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 47 (2): 590–2. doi: 10.1099/00207713-47-2-590 . PMID   9103655.
4. "Alkalibacillus filiformis sp. nov., isolated from a mineral pool in Campania, Italy -- Romano et al. 55 (6): 2395 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2008-07-04. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
5. 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 . PMID   19651725.
6. "Reclassification of Bacillus haloalkaliphilus Fritze 1996 as Alkalibacillus haloalkaliphilus gen. nov., comb. Nov. And the description of Alkalibacillus salilacus sp. nov., a novel halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake in China -- Jeon et al. 55 (5): 1891 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology". Archived from the original on 2010-05-27. Retrieved 2011-05-28.
7. Oren, A.; Garrity, G. M. (2009). "List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 59 (9): 2129–2130. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.017988-0. PMC   5817221 . PMID   28891789.
8. 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 . PMID   17392204.