Name: Microsphaera Yoshimi et al. 1996

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Mi.cro.sphae’ra. N.L. masc. adj. micros, small [probably better: micrus]; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Microsphaera, small coccoid microorganism

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Microsphaer-), mi-kro-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Microsphaera multipartita Yoshimi et al. 1996

Valid publication: Yoshimi Y, Hiraishi A, Nakamura K. Isolation and characterization of Microsphaera multipartita gen. nov., sp. nov., a polysaccharide-accumulating gram-positive bacterium from activated sludge. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1996; 46:519-525.

IJSEM list: Anonymous. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 46, part 2 of the IJSB. Int J Syst Bacteriol 1996; 46:838.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name

Taxonomic status: synonym

Correct name: Nakamurella Tao et al. 2004

• Synonyms:

  • Name	Kind
    Nakamurella Tao et al. 2004	homotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Humicoccus Yoon et al. 2007	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP
    Saxeibacter Lee et al. 2008	heterotypic synonym, validly published under the ICNP

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Microsphaeraceae Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🧕 Boone et al. (2001) assigned this genus to the family Microsphaeraceae Rainey et al. 1997. 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.
  • 🧕 Stackebrandt et al. (1997) assigned this genus to the family Microsphaeraceae Rainey et al. 1997. Publication: Stackebrandt E, Rainey FA, Ward-Rainey NL. Proposal for a new hierarchic classification system, Actinobacteria classis nov. Int. J. Syst. Bacteriol. 1997; 47:479-491.
  • 🚂 For the type species of this genus another name is in use, which is affiliated with the genus Nakamurella Tao et al. 2004. Publication: Tao TS, Yue YY, Chen WX, Chen WF. Proposal of Nakamurella gen. nov. as a substitute for the bacterial genus Microsphaera Yoshimi et al. 1996 and Nakamurellaceae fam. nov. as a substitute for the illegitimate bacterial family Microsphaeraceae Rainey et al. 1997. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:999-1000.
  • 🙄 This taxon name is occasionally misprinted (or affected by an OCR error) in some sources as: "Microspha"; "Microsphaeara"; "Microsphaeria"; "Mierosphaera"; "Mircosphaera"; "Mlcrosphaera".
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: DSM: 1; JCM: 1; ATCC: 1; CIP: 1.
  • 🧍 Later homonym of the fungal genus Microsphaera (Wallr.) Léveillé 1851. Publication: Tao TS, Yue YY, Chen WX, Chen WF. Proposal of Nakamurella gen. nov. as a substitute for the bacterial genus Microsphaera Yoshimi et al. 1996 and Nakamurellaceae fam. nov. as a substitute for the illegitimate bacterial family Microsphaeraceae Rainey et al. 1997. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:999-1000.
  • 🧍 The name Microsphaera Yoshimi et al. 1996 is illegitimate because of precedence of the fungal genus Microsphaera (Wallr.) Léveillé 1851 [Principle 2, Rule 51b(4)]. Consequently, a new genus designation Nakamurella has been proposed by Tao et al. 2004. Publication: Tao TS, Yue YY, Chen WX, Chen WF. Proposal of Nakamurella gen. nov. as a substitute for the bacterial genus Microsphaera Yoshimi et al. 1996 and Nakamurellaceae fam. nov. as a substitute for the illegitimate bacterial family Microsphaeraceae Rainey et al. 1997. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:999-1000.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 0
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
    Microsphaera multipartita Yoshimi et al. 1996	validly published under the ICNP, illegitimate name	synonym

Parent taxon: Nakamurellaceae Tao et al. 2004

Assigned by: Tao TS, Yue YY, Chen WX, Chen WF. Proposal of Nakamurella gen. nov. as a substitute for the bacterial genus Microsphaera Yoshimi et al. 1996 and Nakamurellaceae fam. nov. as a substitute for the illegitimate bacterial family Microsphaeraceae Rainey et al. 1997. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2004; 54:999-1000.

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