Alkalilimnicola | |
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Scientific classification | |
Domain: | Bacteria |
Phylum: | "Proteobacteria" |
Class: | Gammaproteobacteria |
Order: | Chromatiales |
Family: | Ectothiorhodospiraceae |
Genus: | Alkalilimnicola |
Type species | |
A. halodurans |
Alkalilimnicola is a genus in the phylum Proteobacteria (Bacteria).
The name Alkalilimnicola derives from alkali (from Arabic al-qalyi, the ashes of saltwort), soda ash; limnos, Greek, pool of standing water, lake; cola (from Latin incola) a dweller, inhabitant, to give Alcalilimnicola, a dweller of alkaline lakes.
The genus contains: