Alkalibacterium Explained

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

Etymology

The generic name Alkalibacterium derives from: Latin alkali (ashes of saltwort) alkali; and bacterium, a small rod, to give "a bacterium living under alkaline conditions".

Species

The genus contains eleven species:

• A. gilvum Ishikawa et al. 2013^[1]
• A. iburiense Nakajima et al. 2005, named for Iburi, the place where the micro-organism was isolated^[2]
• A. indicireducens Yumoto et al. 2008, with indicireducens meaning indigo-reducing^[3]
• A. kapii Ishikawa et al. 2009, kapii meaning of ka-pi, a Thai fermented shrimp paste^[4]
• A. olivapovliticus corrig. Ntougias and Russell 2001, type species of the genus, with olivapovliticus meaning pertaining to the waste of the olives^[5]
• A. olivoapovliticus Ntougias and Russell 2001^[1]
• A. pelagium Ishikawa et al. 2009, pelagium, of the sea, marine^[4]
• A. psychrotolerans Yumoto et al. 2004, with psychrotolerans meaning tolerating a cold environment^[6]
• A. putridalgicola Ishikawa et al. 2009, from putridalgicola meaning dweller on putrid marine algae^[4]
• A. subtropicum shikawa et al. 2011^[1]
• A. thalassium Ishikawa et al. 2009 with thalassium meaning of/from the sea^[4]

Notes and References

1. Genus: Alkalibacterium . LPSN.DSMZ.de . en.
2. Web site: Alkalibacterium iburiense sp. nov., an obligate alkaliphile that reduces an indigo dye -- Nakajima et al. 55 (4): 1525 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 2016-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110316214209/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/55/4/1525 . 2011-03-16 . dead .
3. Yumoto . I. . Hirota . K. . Nodasaka . Y. . Tokiwa . Y. . Nakajima . K. . Alkalibacterium indicireducens sp. Nov., an obligate alkaliphile that reduces indigo dye . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 58 . 4 . 901–905 . 2008 . 10.1099/ijs.0.64995-0 . 18398191. free .
4. Ishikawa . M. . Tanasupawat . S. . Nakajima . K. . Kanamori . H. . Ishizaki . S. . Kodama . K. . Okamoto-Kainuma . A. . Koizumi . Y. . Yamamoto . Y. . Yamasato . K. . Alkalibacterium thalassium sp. Nov., Alkalibacterium pelagium sp. Nov., Alkalibacterium putridalgicola sp. Nov. And Alkalibacterium kapii sp. Nov., slightly halophilic and alkaliphilic marine lactic acid bacteria isolated from marine organisms and salted foods collected in Japan and Thailand . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 59 . 5 . 1215–1226 . 2009 . 10.1099/ijs.0.65602-0 . 19406822. free .
5. Web site: NOTIFICATON LIST. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 51, part 3, of the IJSEM -- Bacteriology International Committee on Systematics 51 (4): 1231 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 2016-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110318102028/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/reprint/51/4/1231 . 2011-03-18 . dead .
6. Web site: Alkalibacterium psychrotolerans sp. nov., a psychrotolerant obligate alkaliphile that reduces an indigo dye -- Yumoto et al. 54 (6): 2379 -- International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 2016-12-23 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110318101952/http://ijs.sgmjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/54/6/2379 . 2011-03-18 . dead .