Alkaliflexus is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota (Bacteria).
Etymology The name Alkaliflexus derives from:Neo-Latin noun alkali (from Arabic al-qalyi, the ashes of saltwort), soda ash; Latin participle adjective flexus, bent; Neo-Latin masculine gender noun Alkaliflexus, referring to life in basic surroundings and to bending/flexible cells.
Species The genus contains a single species, namely A. imshenetskii ( Zhilina et al. 2005, (Type species of the genus).; Neo-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.)
See also Bacterial taxonomy Microbiology
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