Name: Phycisphaeraceae Fukunaga et al. 2010

Category: Family

Proposed as: fam. nov.

Etymology: Phy.ci.sphae.ra’ce.ae. N.L. fem. n. Phycisphaera, type genus of the family; L. fem. pl. n. suff. -aceae, ending to denote a family; N.L. fem. pl. n. Phycisphaeraceae, the family of the genus Phycisphaera

Gender: feminine

Type genus: Phycisphaera Fukunaga et al. 2010

Effective publication: Fukunaga Y, Kurahashi M, Sakiyama Y, Ohuchi M, Yokota A, Harayama S. Phycisphaera mikurensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine alga, and proposal of Phycisphaeraceae fam. nov., Phycisphaerales ord. nov. and Phycisphaerae classis nov. in the phylum Planctomycetes. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2009; 55:267-275.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Validation list no. 131. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2010; 60:1-2.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 💁 Taxonomists who have recently focused on this group are the corresponding authors of Kallscheuer et al. (2022). Editors in search of reviewers are advised to consider additional criteria such as whether a taxon is covered by one of the ICSP subcommittees.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 3; NBRC: 2; KCTC: 2; LMG: 1; CECT: 1; UQM: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 5

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Algisphaera Yoon et al. 2014	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Mucisphaera Kallscheuer et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Natronomicrosphaera" Sorokin et al. 2025	not validly published	preferred name
    Phycisphaera Fukunaga et al. 2010	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Poriferisphaera Kallscheuer et al. 2021	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Phycisphaerales Fukunaga et al. 2010

Assigned by: Fukunaga Y, Kurahashi M, Sakiyama Y, Ohuchi M, Yokota A, Harayama S. Phycisphaera mikurensis gen. nov., sp. nov., isolated from a marine alga, and proposal of Phycisphaeraceae fam. nov., Phycisphaerales ord. nov. and Phycisphaerae classis nov. in the phylum Planctomycetes. J Gen Appl Microbiol 2009; 55:267-275.

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Record number: 1886