Genus Quadrisphaera
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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).
Quadrisphaera Maszenan et al. 2005, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Quadrisphaera granulorum Maszenan et al. 2005.
Etymology: L. pref. numer. adj. quadr-, four; L. fem. n. sphaera, a ball, globe, sphere; N.L. fem. n. quadrisphaera, fourfold balls, coccus in tetrad.
Valid publication: MASZENAN (A.M.), TAY (J.H.), SCHUMANN (P.), JIANG (H.L.) and TAY (S.T.L.): Quadrisphaera granulorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive polyphosphate-accumulating coccus in tetrads or aggregates isolated from aerobic granules. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1771-1777.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Quadrisphaera granulorum Maszenan et al. 2005, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) AG019 = ATCC BAA-1104 = DSM 44889 = JCM 16010.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AY831385.
Etymology: L. gen. pl. n. granulorum, from, or of granules.
Valid publication: MASZENAN (A.M.), TAY (J.H.), SCHUMANN (P.), JIANG (H.L.) and TAY (S.T.L.): Quadrisphaera granulorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive polyphosphate-accumulating coccus in tetrads or aggregates isolated from aerobic granules. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2005, 55, 1771-1777.
Original article in IJSEM Online