Thioalkalibacter halophilus DSM 19224 is an aerobe, mesophilic prokaryote that was isolated from sediments from hypersaline alkaline lakes.
aerobe mesophilic 16S sequence| @ref 20215 |
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| Domain Pseudomonadati |
| Phylum Pseudomonadota |
| Class Gammaproteobacteria |
| Order Chromatiales |
| Family Thioalkalibacteraceae |
| Genus Thioalkalibacter |
| Species Thioalkalibacter halophilus |
| Full scientific name Thioalkalibacter halophilus Banciu et al. 2009 |
| @ref | Name | Growth | Medium link | Composition | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7977 | THIOALKALIBACTER HALOPHILUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1225) | Medium recipe at MediaDive  | Name: THIOALKALIBACTER HALOPHILUS MEDIUM (DSMZ Medium 1225) Composition: Na2CO3 95.0 g/l NaCl 16.0 g/l NaHCO3 15.0 g/l Sodium thiosulfate pentahydrate 4.96372 g/l K2HPO4 1.0 g/l NH4Cl 0.21396 g/l MgCl2 x 6 H2O 0.2 g/l H3BO3 0.0003 g/l CoCl2 x 6 H2O 0.0002 g/l ZnSO4 x 7 H2O 0.0001 g/l MnCl2 x 4 H2O 3e-05 g/l Na2MoO4 x 2 H2O 3e-05 g/l NiCl2 x 6 H2O 2e-05 g/l CuCl2 x 2 H2O 1e-05 g/l EDTA 5e-06 g/l FeSO4 x 7 H2O 2e-06 g/l Distilled water |
| @ref | Growth | Type | Temperature (°C) | Range | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7977 | positive | growth | 30 | mesophilic |
| Cat1 | Cat2 | Cat3 | |
|---|---|---|---|
| #Environmental | #Aquatic | #Lake (large) | |
| #Environmental | #Aquatic | #Sediment | |
| #Condition | #Alkaline | - | |
| #Condition | #Saline | - |
| @ref | Sample type | Geographic location | Country | Country ISO 3 Code | Continent | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7977 | sediments from hypersaline alkaline lakes | South-Western Siberia, Altai | Russia | RUS | Asia |
Global distribution of 16S sequence EU124668 (>99% sequence identity) for Thioalkalibacter halophilus subclade from Microbeatlas 
 Aquatic Samples |
226 |
 Soil Samples |
27 |
 Animal Samples |
19 |
 Plant Samples |
1 |
| Total Samples | 273 |
| Topic | Title | Authors | Journal | DOI | Year | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Development of quantitative PCR for the detection of Alkalilimnicola ehrlichii, Thioalkalivibrio sulfidiphilus and Thioalkalibacter halophilus in gas biodesulfurization processes. | Kiragosyan K, van Veelen P, Gupta S, Tomaszewska-Porada A, Roman P, Timmers PHA. | AMB Express | 10.1186/s13568-019-0826-1 | 2019 |  | |
| Organic layer characteristics and microbial utilization of the biosulfur globules produced by haloalkaliphilic Thioalkalivibrio versutus D301 during biological desulfurization. | Liu Z, Yang M, Mu T, Liu J, Chen L, Miao D, Xing J. | Extremophiles | 10.1007/s00792-022-01274-z | 2022 | | |
| Effect of methanethiol on process performance, selectivity and diversity of sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in a dual bioreactor gas biodesulfurization system. | Kiragosyan K, Picard M, Timmers PHA, Sorokin DY, Klok JBM, Roman P, Janssen AJH. | J Hazard Mater | 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2020.123002 | 2020 | | |
| Metabolism | Ribulose-1,5-bisphosphate carboxylase/oxygenase genes as a functional marker for chemolithoautotrophic halophilic sulfur-oxidizing bacteria in hypersaline habitats. | Tourova TP, Kovaleva OL, Sorokin DY, Muyzer G. | Microbiology (Reading) | 10.1099/mic.0.034603-0 | 2010 | |
| Metabolism | Influence of salts and pH on growth and activity of a novel facultatively alkaliphilic, extremely salt-tolerant, obligately chemolithoautotrophic sufur-oxidizing Gammaproteobacterium Thioalkalibacter halophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. from South-Western Siberian soda lakes. | Banciu HL, Sorokin DY, Tourova TP, Galinski EA, Muntyan MS, Kuenen JG, Muyzer G | Extremophiles | 10.1007/s00792-008-0142-1 | 2008 | |
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