Genus Caldisphaera
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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").
Caldisphaera Itoh et al. 2003, gen. nov. (Type genus of the family ¤ Caldisphaeraceae Prokofeva et al. 2009).
Type species: ¤ Caldisphaera lagunensis Itoh et al. 2003.
Etymology: L. adj. caldus, hot; L. fem. n. sphaera, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Caldisphaera, a hot spherical cell.
Valid publication: ITOH (T.), SUZUKI (K.), SANCHEZ (P.C.) and NAKASE (T.): Caldisphaera lagunensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote isolated from a hot spring at Mt Maquiling, Philippines. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1149-1154.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Caldisphaera lagunensis Itoh et al. 2003, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IC-154 = ANMR 0165 = JCM 11604 = MCC-UPLB 1331.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB087499.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. lagunensis, pertaining to Laguna, the province in the Philippines where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: ITOH (T.), SUZUKI (K.), SANCHEZ (P.C.) and NAKASE (T.): Caldisphaera lagunensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote isolated from a hot spring at Mt Maquiling, Philippines. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2003, 53, 1149-1154.
Original article in IJSEM Online