Genus Phycisphaera
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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").
Phycisphaera Fukunaga et al. 2010, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Phycisphaerales Fukunaga et al. 2010; type genus of the family ¤ Phycisphaeraceae Fukunaga et al. 2010).
Type species: ¤ Phycisphaera mikurensis Fukunaga et al.2010.
Etymology: L. n. phycos (from Gr. n. phukos), seaweed; L. n. sphaera, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Phycisphaera, a spherical bacterium isolated from a seaweed.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 131. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1-2.
Effective publication: FUKUNAGA (Y.), KURAHASHI (M.), SAKIYAMA (Y.), OHUCHI (M.), YOKOTA (A.) and HARAYAMA (S.): Phycisphaera mikurensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine alga, and proposal of Phycisphaeraceae fam. nov., Phycisphaerales ord. nov. and Phycisphaerae classis nov. in the phylum Planctomycetes. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 2009, 55, 267-275.
Validation List no. 131 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Note: In the protologue provided in the effective publication, the type species is erroneously cited as Phycisphaera mikuraensis.
Reference: LISTS EDITOR, IJSEM: Validation List no. 131 (footnote #). Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1-2.
Validation List no. 131 in IJSEM Online
Phycisphaera mikurensis Fukunaga et al.2010, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) FYK2301M01 = KCTC 22515 = NBRC 102666.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AB447464.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. mikurensis, of or belonging to Mikura Island, Japan, from where the type strain was isolated.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 131. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2010, 60, 1-2.
Effective publication: FUKUNAGA (Y.), KURAHASHI (M.), SAKIYAMA (Y.), OHUCHI (M.), YOKOTA (A.) and HARAYAMA (S.): Phycisphaera mikurensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine alga, and proposal of Phycisphaeraceae fam. nov., Phycisphaerales ord. nov. and Phycisphaerae classis nov. in the phylum Planctomycetes. J. Gen. Appl. Microbiol., 2009, 55, 267-275.
Validation List no. 131 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online