Alkaliflexus

Alkaliflexus
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	Bacteroidetes
Class:	Bacteroidia
Order:	Bacteroidales
Family:	Marinilabiliaceae
Genus:	Alkaliflexus
Type species
A. imshenetskii

Alkaliflexus is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidetes (Bacteria).

The name Alkaliflexus derives from:
New Latin noun alkali (from Arabic al-qalyi, the ashes of saltwort), soda ash; Latin participle adjective flexus, bent; New Latin masculine gender noun Alkaliflexus, referring to life in basic surroundings and to bending/flexible cells.

The genus contains a single species, namely A. imshenetskii ( Zhilina et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; New Latin genitive case masculine gender noun imshenetskii, of Imshenetskii, named after Aleksandr A. Imshenetskii (1905–1992), a microbiologist who devoted much of his research to the microbial degradation of cellulose, and gliding bacteria.)

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