Alkalibaculum

Alkalibaculum
Scientific classification
Domain:	Bacteria
Phylum:	"Firmicutes"
Class:	Clostridia
Order:	Clostridiales
Family:	Eubacteriaceae
Genus:	Alkalibaculum
Type species
A. bacchi

Alkalibaculum is a genus in the phylum Firmicutes (Bacteria).

The name Alkalibaculum derives from:
Arabic noun al-qaliy, the ashes of saltwort; New Latin noun alkali, alkali; Latin neuter gender noun baculum, stick; New Latin neuter gender noun Alkalibaculum, alkali stick.

The genus contains a single species, 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.)

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