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Genus Acidisphaera
Name: Acidisphaera Hiraishi et al. 2000
Etymology: A.ci.di.sphae’ra. L. neut. adj. acidum, an acid; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a sphere; N.L. fem. n. Acidisphaera, acid-requiring coccoid micro-organism
Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Acidisphaer-), a-ki-di-SPHA͡E-ra
Type species: Acidisphaera rubrifaciens Hiraishi et al. 2000
Valid publication:
Hiraishi A, Matsuzawa Y, Kanbe T, Wakao N. Acidisphaera rubrifaciens gen. nov., sp. nov., an aerobic bacteriochlorophyll-containing bacterium isolated from acidic environments. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1539-1546. 
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IJSEM list:
Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 50, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2000; 50:1701-1702.
Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP
Taxonomic status: correct name
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Notes:
- 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Acidosphaera".
- 📧 The e-mail address of the corresponding author given in the effective publication is not functional any more.
- 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1.
Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 1
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 1
Total number of child taxa: 3
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Child taxa:
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Name Nomenclatural status Taxonomic status "Acidisphaera cryptum" Hiraishi et al. 2000 not validly published preferred name Acidisphaera rubrifaciens Hiraishi et al. 2000 validly published under the ICNP correct name "Acidisphaera rubrum" Hiraishi et al. 2000 not validly published preferred name
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Parent taxon: Acetobacteraceae (ex Henrici 1939) Gillis and De Ley 1980
Assigned by: Garrity GM, Bell JA, Lilburn T. Class I. Alphaproteobacteria class. nov. In: Brenner DJ, Krieg NR, Staley JT, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 2 (The Proteobacteria), part C (The Alpha-, Beta-, Delta-, and Epsilonproteobacteria), Springer, New York, 2005, p. 1. 🇺🇸
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Record number: 517163
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