Alkalibaculum

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

Alkalibaculum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacillota
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Eubacteriales
Family:	Alkalibacteraceae
Genus:	Alkalibaculum Allen et al. 2010[1]
Type species
Alkalibaculum bacchi Allen et al. 2010
Species
A. bacchi A. sporogenes

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

• Bacterial taxonomy
• List of bacterial orders
• List of bacteria genera
• Microbiology