Genus Isosphaera
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Isosphaera Giovannoni et al. 1995, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Isosphaera pallida (ex Woronichin 1927) Giovannoni et al. 1995.
Etymology: Gr. adj. isos -ê -on, equal; L. fem. n. sphaera, a ball, globe, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Isosphaera, sphere of equal size.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 54. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 619-620.
Effective publication: GIOVANNONI (S.J.), SCHABTACH (E.) and CASTENHOLZ (R.W.): Isosphaera pallida, gen. and comb. nov., a gliding, budding eubacterium from hot springs. Arch. Microbiol., 1987, 147, 276-284.
Validation List no. 54 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Isosphaera pallida (ex Woronichin 1927) Giovannoni et al. 1995, nom. rev., comb. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) IS1B = ATCC 43644= DSM 9630.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP002353 (complete genome).
Synonym: "Isocystis pallida" Woronichin 1927 (as cyanobacterium), "Torulopsidosira pallida" (Woronichin 1927) Geitler 1963 (as a yeast).
Etymology: L. adj. pallidus -a -um, pale, pallid, colorless; L. fem. adj. pallida, pale.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 54. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1995, 45, 619-620.
Effective publication: GIOVANNONI (S.J.), SCHABTACH (E.) and CASTENHOLZ (R.W.): Isosphaera pallida, gen. and comb. nov., a gliding, budding eubacterium from hot springs. Arch. Microbiol., 1987, 147, 276-284.
Validation List no. 54 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: In Validation List no. 54, Isosphaera pallida is erroneously proposed as a new combination.
Reference: EUZÉBY (J.P.) and KUDO (T.): Corrigenda to the Validation Lists. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2001, 51, 1933-1938.
Original article in IJSEM Online