:Alkaliphilus transvaalensis

{{Short description|Species of bacterium}}

{{Taxobox

| color = lightgrey

| name = Alkaliphilus transvaalensis

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacillota

| classis = Clostridia

| ordo = Clostridiales

| familia = Clostridiaceae

| genus = Alkaliphilus

| species = A. transvaalensis

| binomial = Alkaliphilus transvaalensis

| species_authority = Takai et al. 2001

}}

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 SAGM1^T (= JCM 10712^T = ATCC 700919^T).{{cite journal|vauthors=Takai K, Moser DP, Onstott TC, Spoelstra N, Pfiffner SM, Dohnalkova A | title=Alkaliphilus transvaalensis gen. nov., sp. nov., an extremely alkaliphilic bacterium isolated from a deep South African gold mine | journal=Int J Syst Evol Microbiol | year= 2001 | volume= 51 | issue= Pt 4 | pages= 1245–56 | pmid=11491320 | doi= 10.1099/00207713-51-4-1245 | display-authors=etal | doi-access=free }}