Alkalibacillus Explained

Alkalibacillus is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).

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.

Species

The genus contains 8 species (including basonyms and synonyms), namely

• A. aidingensis (Li et al. 2021)
• 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.)^[2]
• A. flavidus (Yoon et al. 2010, ; Latin masculine gender adjective flavidus, pale yellow.)^[3]
• 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)^[4]
• 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.)^[5]
• A. salilacus (Jeon et al. 2005, ; Latin noun sal salis, salt; Latin noun lacus -us, lake; Neo-Latin genitive case noun salilacus, of a salt lake.)^[4]
• 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.)^[6]

Notes and References

1. Parte. A.C.. Alkalibacillus. LPSN.
2. Web site: 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 . 2011-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20080704192059/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/6/2395 . 2008-07-04 . dead .
3. Yoon . J. -H. . Kang . S. -J. . Jung . Y. -T. . Lee . M. -H. . Oh . T. -K. . Alkalibacillus flavidus sp. Nov., isolated from a marine solar saltern . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 60 . 2 . 434–438 . 2009 . 10.1099/ijs.0.013003-0 . 19651725. free .
4. Web site: 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 . 2011-05-28 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100527074619/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/5/1891 . 2010-05-27 . dead .
5. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 59 . 9 . 2129–2130 . 2009 . 10.1099/ijs.0.017988-0. 5817221 . Oren . A. . Garrity . G. M. . 28891789 .
6. Usami . R. . Echigo . A. . Fukushima . T. . Mizuki . T. . Yoshida . Y. . Kamekura . M. . 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 . 2007 . 10.1099/ijs.0.64713-0 . 17392204. free .