Alkalibaculum
Scientific classification
Domain:
Bacteria
Phylum:
Bacillota
Class:
Clostridia
Order:
Clostridiales
Family:
Eubacteriaceae
Genus:
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 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.
  2. 1 2 Alkalibaculum 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.
  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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