Name: Caldisphaera Itoh et al. 2003

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Cal.di.sphae’ra. L. masc. adj. caldus, hot; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Caldisphaera, a hot spherical cell

Gender: feminine (stem: Caldisphaer-)

Type species: Caldisphaera lagunensis Itoh et al. 2003

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Itoh T, Suzuki K, Sanchez PC, Nakase T. Caldisphaera lagunensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel thermoacidophilic crenarchaeote isolated from a hot spring at Mt Maquiling, Philippines. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1149-1154.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 53, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:1703-1705.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

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: 2

Parent taxon: Acidilobaceae Prokofeva et al. 2009

Assigned by: St John E, Reysenbach AL. Genomic comparison of deep-sea hydrothermal genera related to Aeropyrum, Thermodiscus and Caldisphaera, and proposed emended description of the family Acidilobaceae. Syst Appl Microbiol 2024; 47:126507.

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Record number: 515295
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