alkalicellulosa
Alkalicellulosa is a proposed or informal taxonomic name that has appeared in some literature to denote microorganisms capable of degrading cellulose in alkaline environments. As of this writing, no species or genus by this name is recognized as valid in major taxonomic databases such as NCBI Taxonomy or the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, and no formal description has been published in a peer-reviewed taxonomic act. The name is constructed from alkali, referring to alkaline conditions, and cellulosa, referencing cellulose degradation.
In practice, researchers studying alkaliphilic cellulolytic bacteria often describe organisms from diverse genera (for example, Bacillus,
Nomenclatural caution: the term may reflect an unpublished isolate, a misidentification, or a proposed genus that
See also: alkaliphile, cellulolysis, cellulose-degrading bacteria.