Alkalibaculum Explained

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

Etymology

The name Alkalibaculum derives from:
Arabic noun al-qaliy, the ashes of saltwort; Neo-Latin noun alkali, alkali; Latin neuter gender noun baculum, stick; Neo-Latin neuter gender noun Alkalibaculum, alkali stick.

Species

The genus contains a single species, namely A. bacchi (Allen et al. 2010, (Type species of the genus).; Latin genitive case noun bacchi, of Bacchus, Roman god of wine, referring to the production of ethanol by this organism.)^[1]

See also

• Bacterial taxonomy
• Microbiology

Notes and References

1. Allen . T. D. . Caldwell . M. E. . Lawson . P. A. . Huhnke . R. L. . Tanner . R. S. . Alkalibaculum bacchi gen. Nov., sp. Nov., a CO-oxidizing, ethanol-producing acetogen isolated from livestock-impacted soil . International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology . 60 . 10 . 2483–2489 . 2009 . 10.1099/ijs.0.018507-0 . 19965999. free .