Genus Anaerosphaera
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 1
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Anaerosphaera Ueki et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Anaerosphaera aminiphila Ueki et al. 2009.
Etymology: Gr. prep. an, not; Gr. n. aer, air; L. fem. n. sphaera, a sphere; N.L. fem. n. Anaerosphaera, a sphere not living in air.
Valid publication: UEKI (A.), ABE (K.), SUZUKI (D.), KAKU (N.), WATANABE (K.) and UEKI (K.): Anaerosphaera aminiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a glutamate-degrading, Gram-positive anaerobic coccus isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating cattle waste. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 3161-3167.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Anaerosphaera aminiphila Ueki et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) WN036 = DSM 21120 = JCM 15094.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB298735.
Etymology: N.L. n. aminum, amine; N.L. fem. adj. phila (from Gr. fem. adj. philê), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. aminiphila, amino acid-loving.
Valid publication: UEKI (A.), ABE (K.), SUZUKI (D.), KAKU (N.), WATANABE (K.) and UEKI (K.): Anaerosphaera aminiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a glutamate-degrading, Gram-positive anaerobic coccus isolated from a methanogenic reactor treating cattle waste. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 3161-3167.
Original article in IJSEM Online