Genus Kineosphaera
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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).
Kineosphaera Liu et al. 2002, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Kineosphaera limosa Liu et al. 2002.
Etymology: Gr. n. kinesis, motion; L. fem. n. sphaera, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Kineosphaera, a motile sphere.
Valid publication: LIU (W.T.), HANADA (S.), MARSH (T.L.), KAMAGATA (Y.) and NAKAMURA (K.): Kineosphaera limosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating coccus isolated from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1845-1849.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Kineosphaera limosa Liu et al. 2002, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) Lpha5 = DSM 14548 = JCM 11399 = NBRC 100340.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF109792.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. limosa, muddy, pertaining to sludge, the natural habitat of the species.
Valid publication: LIU (W.T.), HANADA (S.), MARSH (T.L.), KAMAGATA (Y.) and NAKAMURA (K.): Kineosphaera limosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating coccus isolated from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2002, 52, 1845-1849.
Original article in IJSEM Online