Name: Isosphaera Giovannoni et al. 1995

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Gr. masc. adj. isos, equal; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a ball, globe, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Isosphaera, sphere of equal size

Gender: feminine (stem: Isosphaer-)

Type species: Isosphaera pallida (ex Woronichin 1927) Giovannoni et al. 1995

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Effective publication: Giovannoni SJ, Schabtach E, Castenholz RW. Isosphaera pallida, gen. and comb. nov., a gliding, budding eubacterium from hot springs. Arch. Microbiol. 1987; 147:276-284.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Validation list no. 54. Validation of publication of new names and new combinations previously effectively published outside the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1995; 45:619-620.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Isosphaeraceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2016. Publication: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Suzina NE, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Paludisphaera borealis gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrolytic planctomycete from northern wetlands, and proposal of Isosphaeraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:837-844.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Isosphaerales Dedysh et al. 2020. Publication: Dedysh SN, Kulichevskaya IS, Beletsky AV, Ivanova AA, Rijpstra WIC, Damste JSS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Lacipirellula parvula gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a lineage of planctomycetes widespread in low-oxygen habitats, description of the family Lacipirellulaceae fam. nov. and proposal of the orders Pirellulales ord. nov., Gemmatales ord. nov. and Isosphaerales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126050.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the phylum "Planctomycetes" Garrity and Holt 2001. Publication: Garrity GM, Holt JG. The Road Map to the Manual. In: Boone DR, Castenholz RW, Garrity GM (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, second edition, vol. 1 (The Archaea and the deeply branching and phototrophic Bacteria), Springer-Verlag, New York, 2001, p. 119-166.
  • 🧕 Dedysh et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the order Isosphaerales Dedysh et al. 2020. Publication: Dedysh SN, Kulichevskaya IS, Beletsky AV, Ivanova AA, Rijpstra WIC, Damste JSS, Mardanov AV, Ravin NV. Lacipirellula parvula gen. nov., sp. nov., representing a lineage of planctomycetes widespread in low-oxygen habitats, description of the family Lacipirellulaceae fam. nov. and proposal of the orders Pirellulales ord. nov., Gemmatales ord. nov. and Isosphaerales ord. nov. Syst Appl Microbiol 2020; 43:126050.
  • 🧕 Krieg et al. (2010) assigned this genus to the family Planctomycetaceae Schlesner and Stackebrandt 1987. Publication: Krieg NR, Ludwig W, Euzéby J, Whitman WB. Phylum XIV. Bacteroidetes phyl. nov. In: Krieg NR, Staley JT, Brown DR, Hedlund BP, Paster BJ, Ward NL, Ludwig W, Whitman WB (eds), Bergey's Manual of Systematic Bacteriology, 2nd edn, vol. 4, Springer, New York, 2010, p. 25.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Isophaera"; "Lsosphaera"; "Zsosphaera".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.
  • 🧍 Pittman et al. (1991) suggested the abbreviation "ISSF" for this genus name but this does not appear to be of practical relevance any longer. Publication: Pittman KF, Walczak CA, Lock CM. Codes and abbreviations for approved of effectively published names of genera of bacteria published from January 1980 to December 1990. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1991; 41:571-579.

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
    Isosphaera pallida (ex Woronichin 1927) Giovannoni et al. 1995	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Isosphaeraceae Kulichevskaya et al. 2016

Assigned by: Kulichevskaya IS, Ivanova AA, Suzina NE, Rijpstra WIC, Sinninghe Damste JS, Dedysh SN. Paludisphaera borealis gen. nov., sp. nov., a hydrolytic planctomycete from northern wetlands, and proposal of Isosphaeraceae fam. nov. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:837-844.

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