Genus Desmospora
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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
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
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