''Alkalitalea'' is a

Gram-positive In bacteriology, gram-positive bacteria are bacteria that give a positive result in the Gram stain test, which is traditionally used to quickly classify bacteria into two broad categories according to their type of cell wall. The Gram stain is ...

and obligately

anaerobic Anaerobic means "living, active, occurring, or existing in the absence of free oxygen", as opposed to aerobic which means "living, active, or occurring only in the presence of oxygen." Anaerobic may also refer to: *Adhesive#Anaerobic, Anaerobic ad ...

genus of bacteria from the family of

Marinilabiliaceae The ''Marinilabiliaceae'' are a family of bacteria.Garrity, George M.; Brenner, Don J.; Krieg, Noel R.; Staley, James T. (eds.) (2005). Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, Volume Two: The Proteobacteria, Part C: The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, ...

with one known species (''

Alkalitalea saponilacus ''Alkalitalea'' is a Gram-positive and obligately Anaerobic organism, anaerobic genus of bacteria from the family of Marinilabiliaceae with one known species (''Alkalitalea saponilacus'').''Alkalitalea saponilacus'' has been isolated from the Soa ...

'').''Alkalitalea saponilacus'' has been isolated from the Soap Lake in the

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{{Taxonbar, from=Q26219488 Bacteria genera Bacteroidia Monotypic bacteria genera