Alkaliflexus

Alkaliflexus is a genus in the phylum Bacteroidota.

Etymology

The name Alkaliflexus derives from:
Neo-Latin noun alkali, 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.; Neo-Latin genitive case masculine gender noun imshenetskii, of Imshenetskii, named after Aleksandr A. Imshenetskii