Taxon DOI

10.1601/tx.7800

Name

Spirochaeta alkalica Zhilina et al. 1996

Taxonomic Rank

species

Methodology

Nomenclatural Taxonomy [1980-2022]

Incertae sedis taxa are placed using SOSCC (Garrity and Lilburn 2008)

Parent

Taxon Record	Name Record
genus	Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Shivani et al. 2015

Type Strain

representative organism

Z-7491^T (=ATCC 700262 =DSM 8900)

Type Status

Taxonomy

The taxonomic placement of this species within the root Universal Root.


root Universal Root Woese et al. 1990
domain Bacteria (None 2015) Woese et al. 1990
phylum Spirochaetota corrig. Garrity and Holt 2021
class Spirochaetia (Cavalier-Smith 2002) Paster 2020
order Spirochaetales Buchanan 1917 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
family Spirochaetaceae Swellengrebel 1907 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Hördt et al. 2020
genus Spirochaeta Ehrenberg 1835 (Approved Lists 1980) emend. Shivani et al. 2015
species Spirochaeta alkalica Zhilina et al. 1996

The taxonomy from the rank of class and below is based upon currently published taxonomic opinion. For a complete taxonomy, refer to The Taxonomic Outline of Bacteria and Archaea, Release 7.7.

Citation

When referring to this Abstract, please use its Digital Object Identifier.

Taxon Abstract for the species Spirochaeta alkalica Zhilina et al. 1996. Retrieved April 22, 2024. https://doi.org/10.1601/tx.7800.

Source File

10.1601/tx.7800.xml

References

Zhilina TN, Zavarzin GA, Rainey F, Kevbrin VV, Kostrikina NA, Lysenko AM. Spirochaeta alkalica sp. nov., Spirochaeta africana sp. nov., and Spirochaeta asiatica sp. nov., alkaliphilic anaerobes from the Continental Soda Lakes in Central Asia and the East African Rift. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:305-312. https://doi.org/10.1099/00207713-46-1-305 [PubMed].