Genus Tepidisphaera
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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").
Tepidisphaera Kovaleva et al. 2015, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Tepidisphaera mucosa Kovaleva et al. 2015.
Etymology: L. adj. tepidus, warm; L. fem. n. sphaera, a globe, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Tepidisphaera, a warm sphere, spherical bacterium growing at moderately high temperature (up to 50℃).
Valid publication: KOVALEVA, O. L., MERKEL, A. Y., NOVIKOV, A. A., BASLEROV, R. V., TOSHCHAKOV, S. V. and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA, E. A. 2015. Tepidisphaera mucosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic member of the class Phycisphaerae in the phylum Planctomycetes, and proposal of a new family, Tepidisphaeraceae fam. nov., and a new order, Tepidisphaerales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 549-555
Original article in IJSEM Online
Tepidisphaera mucosa Kovaleva et al. 2015, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) 2842=VKM B-2832=JCM 19875.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KM036168.
Etymology: L. fem. adj. mucosa, slimy, referring to the property of cells to produce exopolysaccharide during growth in liquid medium.
Source: Environmental.
Valid publication: KOVALEVA, O. L., MERKEL, A. Y., NOVIKOV, A. A., BASLEROV, R. V., TOSHCHAKOV, S. V. and BONCH-OSMOLOVSKAYA, E. A. 2015. Tepidisphaera mucosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a moderately thermophilic member of the class Phycisphaerae in the phylum Planctomycetes, and proposal of a new family, Tepidisphaeraceae fam. nov., and a new order, Tepidisphaerales ord. nov. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 65, 549-555
Original article in IJSEM Online