Name: Paludisphaera Kulichevskaya et al. 2016

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Pa.lu.di.sphae’ra. L. fem. n. palus (gen. paludis), a swamp, marsh; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a ball, globe sphere; N.L. fem. n. Paludisphaera, a spherical cell from wetland

Gender, pronunciation (Latin): feminine (stem: Paludisphaer-), pa-lu-di-SPHA͡E-ra

Type species: Paludisphaera borealis Kulichevskaya et al. 2016

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid 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. 🇷🇺

IJSEM list: Oren A, Garrity GM. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 66, part 2 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2016; 66:1916-1919.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 4
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 4
Total number of child taxa: 4

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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Record number: 518896
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