Genus Sphaerobacter
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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").
Sphaerobacter Demharter et al. 1989, gen. nov. (Type genus of the order ¤ Sphaerobacterales Stackebrandt et al. 1997; type genus of the family ¤ Sphaerobacteraceae Stackebrandt et al. 1997).
Type species: ¤ Sphaerobacter thermophilus Demharter et al. 1989.
Etymology: L. n. sphaera, sphere; N.L. masc. n. bacter, a rod; N.L. masc. n. Sphaerobacter, spherical rod (!), probably intended to mean spherical bacterium.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 31. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 495-497.
Effective publication: DEMHARTER (W.), HENSEL (R.), SMIDA (J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Sphaerobacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. A deeply rooting member of the actinomycetes subdivision isolated from thermophilically treated sewage sludge. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1989, 11, 261-266.
Validation List no. 31 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
Sphaerobacter thermophilus Demharter et al. 1989, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) S 6022 = DSM 20745.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: CP001823 (strain DSM 20745, chromosome 1, complete genome), CP001824 (strain DSM 20745, chromosome 2, complete genome).
Etymology: Gr. n. thermê, heat; N.L. adj. philus -a -um (from Gr. adj. philos -ê -on), friend, loving; N.L. masc. adj. thermophilus, heat-loving.
Valid publication: Validation List no. 31. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1989, 39, 495-497.
Effective publication: DEMHARTER (W.), HENSEL (R.), SMIDA (J.) and STACKEBRANDT (E.): Sphaerobacter thermophilus gen. nov., sp. nov. A deeply rooting member of the actinomycetes subdivision isolated from thermophilically treated sewage sludge. Syst. Appl. Microbiol., 1989, 11, 261-266.
Validation List no. 31 in IJSEM Online - Effective publication Online
→ Sphaerobacter thermophilus Demharter et al. 1989 emend. Houghton et al. 2015.
Reference: HOUGHTON, K. M., MORGAN, X. C., LAGUTIN, K., MACKENZIE, A. D., VYSSOTSKII, M., MITCHELL, K. A., MCDONALD, I. R., MORGAN, H. W., POWER, J. F., MOREAU, J. W., HANSSEN, E. and STOTT, M. B. 2015. Thermorudis pharmacophila sp. nov., a novel member of the class Thermomicrobia isolated from geothermal soil, and emended descriptions of Thermomicrobium roseum, Thermomicrobium carboxidum, Thermorudis peleae and Sphaerobacter thermophilus. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 4479-4487.
Original article.