Name: Quadrisphaera Maszenan et al. 2005

Category: Genus

Proposed as: gen. nov.

Etymology: Qua.dri.sphae’ra. L. v. quadro, four; Gr. fem. n. sphaîra, a ball, globe, sphere; N.L. fem. n. Quadrisphaera, fourfold balls, coccus in tetrad

Gender, pronunciation: feminine (stem: Quadrisphaer-), kwa-dri-SP^HA͡E-ra

Type species: Quadrisphaera granulorum Maszenan et al. 2005

Conduct genome-based taxonomy of genus at TYGS

16S rRNA gene: Analyse FASTA

Valid publication: Maszenan AM, Tay JH, Schumann P, Jiang HL, Tay ST. Quadrisphaera granulorum gen. nov., sp. nov., a Gram-positive polyphosphate-accumulating coccus in tetrads or aggregates isolated from aerobic granules. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2005; 55:1771-1777.

IJSEM list: Euzeby JP. Notification list. Notification that new names and new combinations have appeared in volume 55, part 5 of the IJSEM. Int J Syst Evol Microbiol 2006; 56:7-9.

Nomenclatural status: validly published under the ICNP

Taxonomic status: correct name

• Notes:
  • 🥇 Nomenclatural type of the family Quadrisphaeraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🧕 Chuvochina et al. (2023) assigned this genus to the family Quadrisphaeraceae Chuvochina et al. 2024. Publication: Chuvochina M, Mussig AJ, Chaumeil PA, Skarshewski A, Rinke C, Parks DH, Hugenholtz P. Proposal of names for 329 higher rank taxa defined in the Genome Taxonomy Database under two prokaryotic codes. FEMS Microbiol Lett 2023; 0:0.
  • 🎰 The BRCs most frequently used for deposits in this group are: NBRC: 2; TBRC: 1; JCM: 1; KACC: 1; DSM: 1; ATCC: 1.

Subdivision:

Number of child taxa with a validly published and correct name: 3
Number of child taxa with a validly published name, including synonyms: 3
Total number of child taxa: 3

• Child taxa:

  • Name	Nomenclatural status	Taxonomic status
    Quadrisphaera granulorum Maszenan et al. 2005	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Quadrisphaera oryzae Muangham et al. 2020	validly published under the ICNP	correct name
    Quadrisphaera setariae Kim et al. 2022	validly published under the ICNP	correct name

Parent taxon: Kineosporiaceae Zhi et al. 2009

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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