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Alkalibacter

Alkalibacter is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, strictly anaerobic and non-motile bacterial genus from the family Eubacteriaceae.

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Alkalibacter
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Domain: Bacteria
Kingdom: Bacillati
Phylum: Bacillota
Class: Clostridia
Order: Eubacteriales
Family: Eubacteriaceae
Genus: Alkalibacter
Garnova et al. 20051
Type species
Alkalibacter saccharofermentans1
Garnova et al. 2005
Species

Alkalibacter is a Gram-positive, rod-shaped, strictly anaerobic and non-motile bacterial genus from the family Eubacteriaceae.123

Phylogeny

The currently accepted taxonomy is based on the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN)1 and National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI)4

16S rRNA based LTP_10_2024567 120 marker proteins based GTDB 09-RS2208910
Alkalibacter

A. saccharofermentans Garnova et al. 2005

A. mobilis Khomyakova et al. 2021

A. rhizosphaerae Namirimu et al. 2022

Alkalibacter

A. saccharofermentans

A. mobilis

A. rhizosphaerae

References

References

  1. J.P. Euzéby. "Alkalibacter". List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN). Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  2. "Taxonomy - Alkalibacter". UniProt.
  3. Garnova, Elena S.; Zhilina, Tatjana N. (14 September 2015). "Alkalibacter". Bergey's Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria. John Wiley & Sons. doi:10.1002/9781118960608.gbm00627. ISBN 978-1-118-96060-8.
  4. Sayers; et al. "Alkalibacter". National Center for Biotechnology Information (NCBI) taxonomy database. Retrieved 2022-09-09.
  5. "The LTP". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  6. "LTP_all tree in newick format". Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  7. "LTP_10_2024 Release Notes" (PDF). Retrieved 10 December 2024.
  8. "GTDB release 09-RS220". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  9. "bac120_r220.sp_labels". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
  10. "Taxon History". Genome Taxonomy Database. Retrieved 10 May 2024.
Further reading

Further reading

  • De Vos, Paul (2009). Bergey's manual of systematic bacteriology. Vol. three: The firmicutes (2nd ed.). Dordrecht, New York: Springer. ISBN 978-0-387-68489-5. OCLC 905275373.
  • Garnova, Elena S.; Zhilina, Tatjana N.; Tourova, Tatjana P.; Kostrikina, Nadezhda A.; Zavarzin, Georgy A. (1 May 2004). "Anaerobic, alkaliphilic, saccharolytic bacterium Alkalibacter saccharofermentans gen. nov., sp. nov. from a soda lake in the Transbaikal region of Russia". Extremophiles. 8 (4): 309–16. doi:10.1007/s00792-004-0390-7. PMID 15127306. S2CID 7336657.