Genus Sphaerimonospora
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Number of species, including synonyms, cited in this file: 3
Number of subspecies, including synonyms, cited in this file: 0
Classification (Warning: see also the file "Classification of prokaryotes: Introduction").
Sphaerimonospora Mingma et al. 2016, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sphaerimonospora cavernae Mingma et al. 2016.
Etymology: L. n. sphaerae, sphere; Gr. adj. monos, single; Gr. fem. n. spora, a seed and, in bacteriology, a spore; N.L. fem. n. Sphaerimonospora, a bacterium forming a single globose spore.
Valid publication: MINGMA, R., DUANGMAL, K., TAKE, A., INAHASHI, Y., OMURA, S., TAKAHASHI, Y. and MATSUMOTO, A. 2016. Proposal of Sphaerimonospora cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Microbispora mesophila (Zhang et al., 1998) to Sphaerimonospora mesophila comb. nov. and Microbispora thailandensis (Duangmal et al., 2012) to Sphaerimonospora thailandensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1735-1744.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sphaerimonospora cavernae Mingma et al. 2016, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) N74=CC 77604=NBRC 111481.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: LC096135.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Etymology: L. fem. gen. n. cavernae, of a cave.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: MINGMA, R., DUANGMAL, K., TAKE, A., INAHASHI, Y., OMURA, S., TAKAHASHI, Y. and MATSUMOTO, A. 2016. Proposal of Sphaerimonospora cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Microbispora mesophila (Zhang et al., 1998) to Sphaerimonospora mesophila comb. nov. and Microbispora thailandensis (Duangmal et al., 2012) to Sphaerimonospora thailandensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1735-1744.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sphaerimonospora mesophila Mingma et al. 2016, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) JCM 3151=NBRC 14179=DSM 43048.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: AF002266.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: -.
Basonym: ¤ Microbispora mesophila (Nonomura and Ohara 1971) Zhang et al. 1998.
Etymology: Gr. n. mesos, middle; Gr. fem. adj. philê, loving; N.L. fem. adj. mesophila, middle (temperature) loving.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: MINGMA, R., DUANGMAL, K., TAKE, A., INAHASHI, Y., OMURA, S., TAKAHASHI, Y. and MATSUMOTO, A. 2016. Proposal of Sphaerimonospora cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Microbispora mesophila (Zhang et al., 1998) to Sphaerimonospora mesophila comb. nov. and Microbispora thailandensis (Duangmal et al., 2012) to Sphaerimonospora thailandensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1735-1744.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sphaerimonospora thailandensis Mingma et al. 2016, comb. nov.
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) NN276=BCC 41490=NBRC 107569.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: HM043728.
Whole-genome sequence accession no. for the type strain: .
Basonym: ¤ Microbispora thailandensis Duangmal et al. 2012.
Etymology: N.L. fem. adj. thailandensis, pertaining to Thailand, where the type strain was originally isolated.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: MINGMA, R., DUANGMAL, K., TAKE, A., INAHASHI, Y., OMURA, S., TAKAHASHI, Y. and MATSUMOTO, A. 2016. Proposal ofSphaerimonospora cavernae gen. nov., sp. nov. and transfer of Microbispora mesophila (Zhang et al., 1998) to Sphaerimonospora mesophila comb. nov. and Microbispora thailandensis (Duangmal et al., 2012) to Sphaerimonospora thailandensis comb. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 66, 1735-1744.
Original article in IJSEM Online