Biology:Alkalibaculum

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Short description: Genus of bacteria


Alkalibaculum
Scientific classification
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Alkalibaculum
Type species
A. bacchi

Alkalibaculum is a genus in the phylum Bacillota (Bacteria).[1]

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.[2]

Species

The genus contains a single species,[2] 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.)[3]

See also

References

  1. Classification of Genera AC entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol (Microbiology Society) 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. https://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. Retrieved 2019-02-23. ]
  2. 2.0 2.1 Alkalibaculum entry in LPSN [Euzéby, J.P. (1997). "List of Bacterial Names with Standing in Nomenclature: a folder available on the Internet". Int J Syst Bacteriol (Microbiology Society) 47 (2): 590–2. doi:10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. ISSN 0020-7713. PMID 9103655. https://ijs.microbiologyresearch.org/content/journal/ijsem/10.1099/00207713-47-2-590. Retrieved 2019-02-23. ]
  3. Allen, T. D.; Caldwell, M. E.; Lawson, P. A.; Huhnke, R. L.; Tanner, R. S. (2009). "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. doi:10.1099/ijs.0.018507-0. PMID 19965999. 

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