Genus Sporobacter
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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).
Sporobacter Grech-Mora et al. 1996, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Sporobacter termitidis Grech-Mora et al. 1996.
Etymology: N.L. n. spora (from Gr. n. spora, a seed), a spore; N.L. masc. n. bacter, rod; N.L. masc. n. Sporobacter, a spore-forming rod.
Valid publication: GRECH-MORA (I.), FARDEAU (M.L.), PATEL (B.K.C.), OLLIVIER (B.), RIMBAULT (A.), PRENSIER (G.), GARCIA (J.L.) and GARNIER-SILLAM (E.): Isolation and characterization of Sporobacter termitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., from the digestive tract of the wood-feeding termite Nasutitermes lujae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 512-518.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Sporobacter termitidis Grech-Mora et al. 1996, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) SYR = DSM 10068.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: Z49863.
Etymology: L. n. termes -itis, wood-eating worm; N.L. masc. adj. termitidis, pertaining to the termite.
Valid publication: GRECH-MORA (I.), FARDEAU (M.L.), PATEL (B.K.C.), OLLIVIER (B.), RIMBAULT (A.), PRENSIER (G.), GARCIA (J.L.) and GARNIER-SILLAM (E.): Isolation and characterization of Sporobacter termitidis gen. nov., sp. nov., from the digestive tract of the wood-feeding termite Nasutitermes lujae. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol., 1996, 46, 512-518.
Original article in IJSEM Online