Alkaliphilus transvaalensis

Alkaliphilus transvaalensis
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Clostridiaceae
Genus:	Alkaliphilus
Species:	A. transvaalensis; Takai et al. 2001
Binomial name
	Alkaliphilus transvaalensis;

Alkaliphilus transvaalensis is an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium. Its cells are straight to slightly curved rods, motile by flagella and form endospores. Its type strain is SAGM1^T (= JCM 10712^T = ATCC 700919^T).^[1]

^ Takai K, Moser DP, Onstott TC, Spoelstra N, Pfiffner SM, Dohnalkova A, et al. (2001). "Alkaliphilus transvaalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a deep South African gold mine". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 51 (Pt 4): 1245–56. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-4-1245. PMID 11491320.

[pmid11491320-1] Takai K, Moser DP, Onstott TC, Spoelstra N, Pfiffner SM, Dohnalkova A, et al. (2001). "Alkaliphilus transvaalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a deep South African gold mine". Int J Syst Evol Microbiol. 51 (Pt 4): 1245–56. doi:10.1099/00207713-51-4-1245. PMID 11491320.

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