Name: Kineosphaera Liu et al. 2002

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Ki.ne.o.sphae’ra. Gr. fem. n. kinêsis, motion; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Kineosphaera, a motile sphere

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Kineosphaer-), ki-ne-o-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Kineosphaera limosa Liu et al. 2002

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Liu WT, Hanada S, Marsh TL, Kamagata Y, Nakamura K. Kineosphaera limosa gen. nov., sp. nov., a novel Gram-positive polyhydroxyalkanoate-accumulating coccus isolated from activated sludge. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2002; 52:1845-1849.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 52, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2003; 53:3-5.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Kineophaera".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 2; KCTC: 1; DSM: 1; JCM: 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: 2

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Kineosphaera limosa Liu et al. 2002	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    "Kineosphaera nakaumiensis" Yamada et al. 2013	not validly published	preferred name

Parent taxon: Dermatophilaceae Austwick 1958 (Approved Lists 1980)

Assigned by: Zhi XY, Li WJ, Stackebrandt E. An update of the structure and 16S rRNA gene sequence-based definition of higher ranks of the class Actinobacteria, with the proposal of two new suborders and four new families and emended descriptions of the existing higher taxa. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2009; 59:589-608.

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