Genus Singulisphaera
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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").
For a detailed description of this taxon see Bergey’s Manual of Systematics of Archaea and Bacteria (BMSAB).
Singulisphaera Kulichevskaya et al. 2008, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Singulisphaera acidiphila Kulichevskaya et al. 2008.
Etymology: L. adj. singuli, single, separate; L. fem. n. sphaera, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Singulisphaera, a single spherical cell.
Valid publication: KULICHEVSKAYA (I.S.), IVANOVA (A.O.), BAULINA (O.I.), BODELIER (P.L.E.), SINNINGHE DAMSTÉ (J.S.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Singulisphaera acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-filamentous, Isosphaera-like planctomycete from acidic northern wetlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1186-1193.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Singulisphaera Kulichevskaya et al. 2008 emend. Kulichevskaya et al. 2012.
Reference: KULICHEVSKAYA (I.S.), DETKOVA (E.N.), BODELIER (P.L.E.), RIJPSTRA (W.I.C.), SINNINGHE DAMSTÉ (J.S.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Singulisphaera rosea sp. nov., a planctomycete from acidic Sphagnum peat, and emended description of the genus Singulisphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 118-123.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Singulisphaera acidiphila Kulichevskaya et al. 2008, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) MOB10 = ATCC BAA-1392 = DSM 18658 = VKM B-2454.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AM850678.
Etymology: N.L. n. acidum (from L. adj. acidus, sour), an acid; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. fem. adj. acidiphila, acid-loving.
Valid publication: KULICHEVSKAYA (I.S.), IVANOVA (A.O.), BAULINA (O.I.), BODELIER (P.L.E.), SINNINGHE DAMSTÉ (J.S.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Singulisphaera acidiphila gen. nov., sp. nov., a non-filamentous, Isosphaera-like planctomycete from acidic northern wetlands. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2008, 58, 1186-1193.
Original article in IJSEM Online
→ Singulisphaera acidiphila Kulichevskaya et al. 2008 emend. Scheuner et al. 2015.
Reference: SCHEUNER, C., TINDALL, B. J., LU, M., NOLAN, M., LAPIDUS, A., CHENG, J.-F., GOODWIN, L., PITLUCK, S., HUNTEMANN, M., LIOLIOS, K., PAGANI, I., MAVROMATIS, K., IVANOVA, N., PATI, A., CHEN, A., PALANIAPPAN, K., JEFFRIES, C. D., HAUSER, L., LAND, M., MWIRICHIA, R., ROHDE, M., ABT, B., DETTER, J. C., WOYKE, T., EISEN, J. A., MARKOWITZ, V., HUGENHOLTZ, P., GÖKER, M., KYRPIDES, N. C. and KLENK, H.-P. 2014. Complete genome sequence of Planctomyces brasiliensis type strain (DSM 5305T), phylogenomic analysis and reclassification of Planctomycetes including the descriptions of Gimesia gen. nov., Planctopirus gen. nov. and Rubinisphaera gen. nov. and emended descriptions of the order Planctomycetales and the family Planctomycetaceae. Stand. Genomic Sci., 9, 10.
Original article.
Singulisphaera rosea Kulichevskaya et al. 2012, sp. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S26 = DSM 23044 = VKM B-2599.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: FN391026.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. rosea, pink-coloured, rosy.
Valid publication: KULICHEVSKAYA (I.S.), DETKOVA (E.N.), BODELIER (P.L.E.), RIJPSTRA (W.I.C.), SINNINGHE DAMSTÉ (J.S.) and DEDYSH (S.N.): Singulisphaera rosea sp. nov., a planctomycete from acidic Sphagnum peat, and emended description of the genus Singulisphaera. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 2012, 62, 118-123.
Original article in IJSEM Online