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Alkaliphilus transvaalensis

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Kingdom
  
Bacteria

Family
  
Clostridiaceae

Phylum
  
Firmicutes

Order
  
Clostridia

Class
  
Clostridia

Genus
  
Alkaliphilus

Rank
  
Species

Similar
  
Clostridia, Spinoloricus cinziae, Desulfotomaculum, Desulfovibrionales, Carboxydothermus hydrogenoformans

Alkaliphilus transvaalensis is an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium. Its cells are straight to slightly curved rods, motile by flagella and form endospores. Its type strain is SAGM1T (= JCM 10712T = ATCC 700919T).

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Alkaliphilus transvaalensis Wikipedia