Genus Alicycliphilus
Name: Alicycliphilus Mechichi et al. 2003
Etymology: A.li.cyc.li’phi.lus. Gr. adj. aliphos, fat; Gr. masc. n. kyklos, circle or ring; N.L. adj. alicyclo, referring to circular fat-like organic compounds; Gr. masc. adj. philos, friend; N.L. masc. n. Alicycliphilus, alicyclic compound-liking, referring to the substrates used for the isolation of this organism
Gender: masculine (stem: Alicycliphil-)
Type species: Alicycliphilus denitrificans Mechichi et al. 2003
Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS
Valid publication:
Mechichi T, Stackebrandt E, Fuchs G. Alicycliphilus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cyclohexanol-degrading, nitrate-reducing beta-proteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:147-152. 
IJSEM list:
Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 1 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:629-630.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🧬 The phylogenomic assignment score of this taxon is 0.11317 (N = 4).
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: CIP: 1; DSM: 1.
- 😷 The risk group for Canada has been imported on 2024-02-27. The full classification is: risk group = 1, note = "Animal classification RG: 1 - Security sensitive biological agent: No - Terrestrial animal pathogen under Canadian Food Inspection Agency authority: No - Containment level: Containment Level 1".
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🧍 The gender of the genus name Alicycliphilus is not given in the paper by Mechichi et al. 2003. According to Rule 65(2), Alicycliphilus must be in the masculine gender.
Publication:
Oren A, Arahal DR, Goker M, Moore ERB, Rossello-Mora R, Sutcliffe IC. International Code of Nomenclature of Prokaryotes. Prokaryotic Code (2022 Revision). Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5585.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 1
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status Alicycliphilus denitrificans Mechichi et al. 2003 validly published under the ICNP correct name
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Parent taxon: Comamonadaceae Willems et al. 1991
Assigned by:
Mechichi T, Stackebrandt E, Fuchs G. Alicycliphilus denitrificans gen. nov., sp. nov., a cyclohexanol-degrading, nitrate-reducing beta-proteobacterium. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:147-152.
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Record number: 515074
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