Name: Fontisphaera Podosokorskaya et al. 2023

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Fon.ti.sphae’ra. L. masc. n. fons, a spring, fountain (gen. fontis); Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a ball, sphere, globe; N.L. fem. n. Fontisphaera, a sphere from the fountain

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Fontisphaer-), fon-ti-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Fontisphaera persica Podosokorskaya et al. 2023

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Merkel AY, Kublanov IV. Fontisphaera persica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium from a hot spring of Baikal lake region, and proposal of Fontisphaeraceae fam. nov., and Limisphaeraceae fam. nov. within the Limisphaerales ord. nov. (Verrucomicrobiota). Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126438.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Göker M. Validation list no. 213. List of new names and new combinations previously effectively, but not validly, published. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2023; 73:5997.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Fontisphaeraceae Podosokorskaya et al. 2023. Publication: Podosokorskaya OA, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Merkel AY, Kublanov IV. Fontisphaera persica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium from a hot spring of Baikal lake region, and proposal of Fontisphaeraceae fam. nov., and Limisphaeraceae fam. nov. within the Limisphaerales ord. nov. (Verrucomicrobiota). Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126438.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: VKM: 1; KCTC: 1; UQM: 1; B: 1.

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: 1

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Fontisphaera persica Podosokorskaya et al. 2023	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Fontisphaeraceae Podosokorskaya et al. 2023

Assigned by: Podosokorskaya OA, Elcheninov AG, Novikov AA, Merkel AY, Kublanov IV. Fontisphaera persica gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic hydrolytic bacterium from a hot spring of Baikal lake region, and proposal of Fontisphaeraceae fam. nov., and Limisphaeraceae fam. nov. within the Limisphaerales ord. nov. (Verrucomicrobiota). Syst Appl Microbiol 2023; 46:126438.

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