Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.4062

Name

Alkaliphilus Takai et al. 2001 emend. Wu et al. 2010

Taxonomic Rank

genus

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
family	Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Spring 2021

Members

species	Alkaliphilus transvaalensis Takai et al. 2001
species	Alkaliphilus crotonatoxidans Cao et al. 2003
species	Alkaliphilus flagellatus Li et al. 2022
species	Alkaliphilus halophilus Wu et al. 2010
species	Alkaliphilus hydrothermalis Ben Aissa et al. 2017
species	Alkaliphilus namsaraevii Zakharyuk et al. 2017
species	Alkaliphilus oremlandii Fisher et al. 2009
species	Alkaliphilus peptidofermentans (sic) Zhilina et al. 2009
species	Alkaliphilus pronyensis Postec et al. 2022
species	Alkaliphilus serpentinus Postec et al. 2022

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this genus within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Firmicutes (sic) Gibbons and Murray 2021
class Clostridia Rainey 2010
order Eubacteriales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Tindall 2019
family Clostridiaceae Pribram 1933 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Spring 2021
genus Alkaliphilus Takai et al. 2001 emend. Wu et al. 2010

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the genus Alkaliphilus Takai et al. 2001 emend. Wu et al. 2010. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.4062.

Source File

10.1601/tx.4062.xml


This information was last reviewed on April 1, 2022.

References

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Zhilina TN, Zavarzina DG, Kolganova TV, Lysenko AM, Tourova TP. Alkaliphilus peptidofermentans sp. nov., a new alkaliphilic bacterial soda lake isolate capable of peptide fermentation and Fe(III) reduction. Mikrobiologiya (Russian) 2009; 78:496-505. https://doi.org/10.1134/S0026261709040080.
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