Name: Limisphaera Anders et al. 2015

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Li.mi.sphae’ra. L. masc. n. limus, mud, sludge, silt; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a ball, sphere, globe; N.L. fem. n. Limisphaera, a mud sphere

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Limisphaer-), li-mi-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Limisphaera ngatamarikiensis Anders et al. 2015

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Anders H, Power JF, MacKenzie AD, Lagutin K, Vyssotski M, Hanssen E, Moreau JW, Stott MB. Limisphaera ngatamarikiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, pink-pigmented coccus isolated from subaqueous mud of a geothermal hotspring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1114-1121.

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 65, part 4 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:2026-2027.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Limisphaeraceae 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.
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the order Limisphaerales 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.
  • 🧕 Anders et al. (2015) assigned this genus to the phylum "Verrucomicrobia" Yoon et al. 2010. Publication: Anders H, Power JF, MacKenzie AD, Lagutin K, Vyssotski M, Hanssen E, Moreau JW, Stott MB. Limisphaera ngatamarikiensis gen. nov., sp. nov., a thermophilic, pink-pigmented coccus isolated from subaqueous mud of a geothermal hotspring. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2015; 65:1114-1121.
  • 🧕 Parte et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the order "Limisphaerales". Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
  • 🧕 Parte et al. (2020) assigned this genus to the phylum "Verrucomicrobiota" Whitman et al. 2018. Publication: Parte AC, Sarda Carbasse J, Meier-Kolthoff JP, Reimer LC, Goker M. List of Prokaryotic names with Standing in Nomenclature (LPSN) moves to the DSMZ. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2020; 70:5607-5612.
  • 🧕 Podosokorskaya et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the order Limisphaerales 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: DSM: 1; ICMP: 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
    Limisphaera ngatamarikiensis Anders et al. 2015	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Limisphaeraceae 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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