Alkaliflexus is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).[1]
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| Genus: | Alkaliflexus Zhilina et al. 2005
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| A. imshenetskii | |
Etymology
editThe name Alkaliflexus derives from:
Neo-Latin noun alkali (from Arabic al-qalyi, the ashes of saltwort), soda ash; Latin participle adjective flexus, bent; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Alkaliflexus, referring to life in basic surroundings and to bending/flexible cells.[2]
Species
editThe genus contains a single species,[2] namely A. imshenetskii ( Zhilina et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-Latin genitive case masculine gender noun imshenetskii, of Imshenetskii, named after Aleksandr A. Imshenetskii (1905–1992), a microbiologist who devoted much of his research to the microbial degradation of cellulose, and gliding bacteria.)[3]
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Classification of Genera AC in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ a b Alkaliflexus in LPSN; Parte, Aidan C.; Sardà Carbasse, Joaquim; Meier-Kolthoff, Jan P.; Reimer, Lorenz C.; Göker, Markus (1 November 2020). "List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ". International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology. 70 (11): 5607–5612. doi:10.1099/ijsem.0.004332.
- ^ Zhilina, T.; Appel, R.; Probian, C.; Brossa, E.; Harder, J.; Widdel, F.; Zavarzin, G. (2004). "Alkaliflexus imshenetskii gen. Nov. Sp. Nov., a new alkaliphilic gliding carbohydrate-fermenting bacterium with propionate formation from a soda lake". Archives of Microbiology. 182 (2–3): 244–253. doi:10.1007/s00203-004-0722-0. PMID 15340778. S2CID 6384647.