Genus Tundrisphaera
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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").
Tundrisphaera Kulichevskaya et al. 2017, gen. nov.
Type species: ¤ Tundrisphaera lichenicola Kulichevskaya et al. 2017.
Etymology: N.L. n. tundra, tundra, a cold treeless region; L. fem. n. sphaera, a ball, globe sphere; N.L. fem. n. Tundrisphaera, a spherical cell from tundra.
Valid publication: KULICHEVSKAYA, I. S., IVANOVA, A. A., DETKOVA, E. N., RIJPSTRA, W. I. C., SINNINGHE DAMSTE, J. S. and DEDYSH, S. N. 2017. Tundrisphaera lichenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant representative of the family Isosphaeraceae from lichen-dominated tundra soils. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3583-3589.
Original article in IJSEM Online
Tundrisphaera lichenicola Kulichevskaya et al. 2017, sp. nov. (Type species of the genus.)
Type strain: (see also Global Catalogue of Microorganisms) P12=LMG 29571=VKM B-3044.
Sequence accession no. (16S rRNA gene) for the type strain: KX943553.
Etymology: L. n. lichen, lichen; L. suff. -cola (from L. n. incola), inhabitant, dweller; N.L. n. lichenicola, inhabitant of lichens.
Source: Environmental - soil.
Valid publication: KULICHEVSKAYA, I. S., IVANOVA, A. A., DETKOVA, E. N., RIJPSTRA, W. I. C., SINNINGHE DAMSTE, J. S. and DEDYSH, S. N. 2017. Tundrisphaera lichenicola gen. nov., sp. nov., a psychrotolerant representative of the family Isosphaeraceae from lichen-dominated tundra soils. Int. J. Syst. Evol. Microbiol., 67, 3583-3589.
Original article in IJSEM Online