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Alkalicoccus saliphilus

Alkalicoccus saliphilus is a Gram-positive and haloalkaliphilic bacterium from the genus Alkalicoccus. It was first isolated from the algal mat of a mineral pool in the Malvizza mud volcanoes of Campania and can tolerate concentrations of up to 25% sodium chloride.

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Alkalicoccus saliphilus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Bacilli
Order: Bacillales
Family: Bacillaceae
Genus: Alkalicoccus
Species:
A. saliphilus
Binomial name
Alkalicoccus saliphilus
(Romano et al. 2005) Zhao et al. 20171
Type strain2
6AG
Synonyms34

Bacillus saliphilus

Alkalicoccus saliphilus is a Gram-positive and haloalkaliphilic bacterium from the genus Alkalicoccus.13 It was first isolated from the algal mat of a mineral pool in the Malvizza mud volcanoes of Campania and can tolerate concentrations of up to 25% sodium chloride.2

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References

  1. "Species: Alkalicoccus saliphilus". LPSN.DSMZ.de.
  2. Romano, Ida; Lama, Licia; Nicolaus, Barbara; Gambacorta, Agata; Giordano, Assunta (1 January 2005). "Bacillus saliphilus sp. nov., isolated from a mineral pool in Campania, Italy". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 55 (1): 159–163. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.63298-0. PMID 15653870.
  3. "Alkalicoccus saliphilus". www.uniprot.org.
  4. Zhao, Baisuo; Lu, Weidong; Zhang, Shanshan; Liu, Kang; Yan, Yanchun; Li, Jun (1 May 2017). "Reclassification of Bacillus saliphilus as Alkalicoccus saliphilus gen. nov., comb. nov., and description of Alkalicoccus halolimnae sp. nov., a moderately halophilic bacterium isolated from a salt lake". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 67 (5): 1557–1563. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.001759. PMID 28032538.