Serpentinicella

{{Short description|Genus of bacteria}}

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{{Taxobox

| domain = Bacteria

| phylum = Bacillota

| classis = Clostridia

| ordo = Peptostreptococcales

| familia = Natronincolaceae

| genus = Serpentinicella

| genus_authority = Mei et al. 2016{{cite web |author=A.C. Parte |url=https://lpsn.dsmz.de/genus/serpentinicella |title=Serpentinicella |access-date=2023-09-09 |publisher=List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) |display-authors=et al.}}

| type_species = Serpentinicella alkaliphila

| type_species_authority = Mei et al. 2016

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision =

• S. alkaliphila

| synonyms =

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Serpentinicella is a Gram-positive, anaerobic, alkaliphilic and spore-forming genus of bacteria from the family of Clostridiaceae with one known species (Serpentinicella alkaliphila).{{cite journal |title=Serpentinicella |website=www.uniprot.org |url=https://www.uniprot.org/taxonomy/1890059}}{{cite journal |title=Taxonomy of the genus Serpentinicella Mei et al. 2016 |year=2016|doi=10.1601/tx.29170|last1=Parker|first1=Charles Thomas|last2=Garrity|first2=George M.|editor1-first=Charles Thomas|editor1-last=Parker|editor2-first=George M|editor2-last=Garrity}}{{cite journal |last1=Mei |first1=Nan |last2=Postec |first2=Anne |last3=Erauso |first3=Gael |last4=Joseph |first4=Manon |last5=Pelletier |first5=Bernard |last6=Payri |first6=Claude |last7=Ollivier |first7=Bernard |last8=Quéméneur |first8=Marianne |title=Serpentinicella alkaliphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel alkaliphilic anaerobic bacterium isolated from the serpentinite-hosted Prony hydrothermal field, New Caledonia |journal=International Journal of Systematic and Evolutionary Microbiology |date=1 November 2016 |volume=66 |issue=11 |pages=4464–4470 |doi=10.1099/ijsem.0.001375|pmid=27499124 |doi-access=free }} Serpentinicella alkaliphila has been isolated from a hydrothermal vent from Prony Bay.