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Genus Desmospora

Warning: In the List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature, an arrow () only indicates the sequence of valid publication of names and does not mean that the last name in the sequence must be used (see: Introduction).

Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 2
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0

Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").

 

Desmospora Yassin et al. 2009, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Desmospora activa Yassin et al. 2009.
Etymology: Gr. n. desmos, chain; Gr. fem. n. spora, seed; N.L. fem. n. Desmospora, spore chain.
Valid publication: YASSIN (A.F.), HUPFER (H.), KLENK (H.P.) and SIERING (C.): Desmospora activa gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoactinomycete isolated from sputum of a patient with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, and emended description of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 454-459.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Desmospora activa Yassin et al. 2009, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IMMIB L-1269 = CCUG 55916 = DSM 45169.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM940019.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. activa, active, referring to the metabolic activity of the type strain.
Valid publication: YASSIN (A.F.), HUPFER (H.), KLENK (H.P.) and SIERING (C.): Desmospora activa gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermoactinomycete isolated from sputum of a patient with suspected pulmonary tuberculosis, and emended description of the family Thermoactinomycetaceae Matsuo et al. 2006. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2009, 59, 454-459.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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Desmospora profundinema Zhang et al. 2015, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SCSIO 11154=DSM 45903=NBRC 109626.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM368342.
Etymology: L. n. profundum, the depths of the sea; Gr. neut. n. nema, a filament; N.L. neut. n. profundinema, a filament from the depths of the sea.
Source: Environmental - marine.
Valid publication: ZHANG, Y., LI, J., TIAN, X. and ZHANG, S. 2015. Marinithermofilum abyssi gen. nov., sp. nov. and Desmospora profundinema sp. nov., isolated from a deep-sea sediment, and emended description of the genus Desmospora Yassin et al. 2009. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 2622-2629.
Original article in IJSEM Online

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